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eat one's words

verb as in eat crow

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verb as in recant

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verb as in retract

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verb as in take back

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To eat one's words; to retract what one has said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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