To eat one's words

Also found in: Idioms.

	to retract what one has said. (See the Citation under Blurt. - Keble.
	to retract what has been said. - John i. 1.

See also: Eat, Word

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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