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Agree that one was wrong, as in I stand corrected? we did go to Finland in 1985. This idiom was first recorded in John Dryden's The Maiden Queen (1668): "I stand corrected, and myself reprove."
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): stand corrected
to admit that one has been wrong. • I realize that I accused him wrongly. I stand corrected. • We appreciate now that our conclusions were wrong. We stand corrected.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs