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swallow one's words
swallow one's words
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
.
See also:
swallow
,
word
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Claudie
klo-DEE
French
Iafeth
-
Biblical Latin
Priscilla
[pri'silə]
Tiarnach
-
Irish
Natela
-
Georgian
Erminia
-
Italian
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