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
Juli	YOO-lee	Hungarian
Abramson	['eibrəmsn]
Ed	ED (English), ET (Dutch)	English, Dutch
Zena	-	English
Katka	KAHT-kah	Czech, Slovak
Wum	WUM	Limburgish