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
Edith	['i:diθ]
Jaqueline	['dʒækli:n]
Turlough	-	Irish
Chuck	[tʃʌk]
Constanze	-	German
Agapetus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)