acknowledge the corn

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English - English
To acknowledge defeat or admit to a mistake; to cop a plea; to admit to a small error but not a larger one

They had simply to acknowledge the corn, round up, and — vamoose; then, so soon as the soldiers had gone back to the fort, there was no law to prevent their returning.

acknowledge the corn

    Hyphenation

    ac·knowl·edge the corn

    Turkish pronunciation

    äknälîc dhi kôrn

    Pronunciation

    /akˈnäləʤ ᴛʜē ˈkôrn/ /ækˈnɑːlɪʤ ðiː ˈkɔːrn/

    Etymology

    () By folk tale, attributed to an instance of a man who stole several horses and the corn to feed them but in court only admitted to stealing the corn.
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