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eat dirt

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Main Entry: cringe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: flinch, recoil from danger

Synonyms:

blench, cower, crawl, crouch, dodge, draw back, duck, eat dirt, grovel, kneel, quail, quiver, shrink, shy, start, stoop, tremble, wince

Antonyms:

come forward
Main Entry: fall
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be overthrown by an enemy; surrender

Synonyms:

back down, be casualty, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, be taken, bend, capitulate, defer to, die, drop, eat dirt, fall to pieces, give in, give up, give way, go down, go under, lie down, obey, pass into enemy hands, perish, resign, slump, submit, succumb, yield

Antonyms:

advance, attain, overcome, overthrow, reach, win
Main Entry: grovel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: abase, demean oneself

Synonyms:

apple-polish, beg, beg for mercy, beseech, blandish, bootlick, bow and scrape, brown-nose, butter up, cater to, court, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, eat crow, eat dirt, eat humble pie, fall all over, fawn*, flatter, humble oneself, humor, implore, kiss one's feet, kneel, kowtow, make much of, make up to, pamper, play up to, prostrate*, revere, snivel, soft-soap, stoop, suck up to, truckle, wheedle, yes*

Antonyms:

boast
Main Entry: eat crow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: humble oneself

Synonyms:

eat dirt, eat humble pie, eat one's words, eat shit, swallow one's pride, tuck one's tail
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