crawl back to (one)
crawl back to (one)
To return to someone in a dejected or humbled fashion. Maybe if you went crawling back to your boss, you could get your job back.
See also: back, crawl
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- crawl back to
- crawl
- come back and see us
- comeback
- come back
- back
- back at (something or some place)
- echo back to
- back over
- back over (someone or something)