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
Jamil	-	Arabic
Benedict	BEN-ə-dikt	English
Desislav	-	Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Willihard	-	Ancient Germanic
Antonietta	-	Italian
Garvan	GAHR-van	Irish