crawl back to (one)

crawl back to (one)

To return to one in a dejected or humbled fashion. Maybe if you went crawling back to your boss, you could get your job back. This isn't the first time he's had an affair and then crawled back to his wife. I just don't understand why she keeps forgiving him. I promised myself that I would never crawl back to that two-bit town, no matter what the future might bring.

See also: back, crawl, to

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

crawl back to someone

Fig. to go back to someone humbly, perhaps asking for forgiveness. I knew you would come crawling back to me! I wouldn't crawl back to him for all the tea in China.

See also: back, crawl, to

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.