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
BoglÁRka	-	Hungarian
Hyun	hyun	Korean
Darian	DER-ee-ən, DAR-ee-ən	English
Bliss	[blis]
Iovis	-	Roman Mythology
Jannike	YAHN-ni-ke (Swedish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Danish