eat one's words
verbDefinitions
To regret or retract what one has said.
- He didn't think I could do it, but I proved him wrong and made him eat his words.
- This time, you have to eat your words, because, like it or not, you lost.
- "Better retract that," she advised, "hadn't you?" "Why should I?" "Because if you're stupid enough to remain in Bombay, I'll make you eat your words one day."
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for eat one's words. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA