Choose the exact meaning of the idiom/phrase.

To eat a humble pie

To eat food that is cheap and simple

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To eat slowly

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To swallow one's pride and admit that one is wrong

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To defy authority

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Solution

The correct option is B To swallow one's pride and admit that one is wrong
The given phrase means 'To face humiliation and subsequently apologise for a mistake'.
Option C is correct. 'To swallow one's pride' can be interpreted as 'facing humiliation' and 'to admit one is wrong' means apologising. Thus, it has the required meaning.
Options A, B and D are incorrect. They do not have the required meaning.

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