Not taking the rebuke sitting down? (8,9)
I believe the answer is:
standing corrected
'not taking the' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'rebuke sitting down?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'rebuke' could be 'correct' (correcting is a kind of rebuking) and 'correct' is present in the answer.
'down?' could be 'd' and 'd' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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