I stand corrected

English

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Phrase

I stand corrected

1. I was wrong.

   Synonyms: mea culpa, my bad

   Antonym: I rest my case

   The Battle of Hastings was fought in 1055.
   No it wasn’t! Look in the textbook!
   Oh, sorry. I stand corrected—it was fought in 1066.

Translations

I was wrong — see also stand corrected

• French: au temps pour moi (fr), autant pour moi (fr), mea culpa (fr), je n’ai rien dit

See also

• I tell a lie
• mea culpa
• my bad
• stand corrected

 

Further reading

• “I stand corrected”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “I stand corrected” (US) / “I stand corrected” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “I stand corrected”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “I stand corrected” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “I stand corrected” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.