swallow one's words

Take back what one said, as in If they win I'll have to swallow my words. George Farquhar used this idiom in The Inconstant (1702): "I have swallowed my words already; I have eaten them up." For a synonym, see eat one's words.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Brian	[braiən]
Sultana	-	Arabic
Bartholomew	bahr-THAHL-ə-myoo (English)	English, Biblical
Aliprand	-	Ancient Germanic
Trafford	TRAF-ərd	English (Rare)
LukÁŠ	-	Czech, Slovak