eat-one-s-words

Verb

(idiomatic) 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.

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"eat-one-s-words." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 21 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/eat-one-s-words>.

APA Style

eat-one-s-words. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21st, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/eat-one-s-words

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR eat-one-s-words IN THE DICTIONARY