hate to admit

Frequency: 7.211.2 per million words

To strongly dislike having to admit something, often because it proves one was wrong.

admitVERB + admit

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Examples (10)

  • I hate to admit it, but I think he is right.
  • She'd hate to admit that she was lost.
  • I hate to admit this, but your plan actually worked better than mine.
  • He hates to admit whenever he makes a mistake.
  • We hate to admit it, but we need help with this project.
  • As much as I hate to admit it, I'm not as young as I used to be.
  • You probably hate to admit it, but you miss your old job, don't you?
  • The manager would hate to admit that the team's failure was his fault.
  • I hate to admit how much money I spent on that useless gadget.
  • They hate to admit that the rival company has a superior product.