to take back one's words
1Take Back — Single par Kumi Kōda extrait de l’album Affection Face A TAKE BACK (original mix) Face B Your Song (original mix) Sortie 6 décembre 2000 …
2take back — [v] retract abjure, back down, backpedal, call off, cancel, change one’s mind, eat one’s words*, forget it, go back on, have change of heart*, recall, recant, reclaim, renege, repeal, repossess, repudiate, rescind, revoke, withdraw; concepts… …
3take back — verb 1. bring back to the point of departure (Freq. 5) • Syn: ↑return, ↑bring back • Derivationally related forms: ↑return (for: ↑return) • H …
4take back — I retract, recant (see nullification). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To regain] Syn. retrieve, get back, reclaim; see recover 1 . 2. [To restrict] Syn. draw in, retire, pull in; see remove 1 , withdraw 2 . 3. [To disavow] Syn. retract, back down,… …
5eat one's words — also[swallow one s words] {v. phr.} To take back something you have said; admit something is not true. * /John had called Harry a coward, but the boys made him eat his words after Harry bravely fought a big bully./ Compare: EAT CROW …
6eat one's words — also[swallow one s words] {v. phr.} To take back something you have said; admit something is not true. * /John had called Harry a coward, but the boys made him eat his words after Harry bravely fought a big bully./ Compare: EAT CROW …
7retract one's words — withdraw someone that one has said, take back one s own statement …
8swallow one's words — take back what one has said, go back on one s word …
9eat one's words — take back what has been said; repent of what has been said …
10eat one's words — Take back what was said, retract a statement, withdraw charges …
