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
Roxanna		rahk-SAN-ə	English
Budi		BOO-dee	Indonesian
RosÁLia		roo-ZA-lyə	Portuguese
'Ednah		-	Biblical Hebrew
Hieu		-	Biblical Latin
Maisie		MAY-zee	Scottish

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