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.
See also:
  • 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)