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to go back on (retract) one's words

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  • retract one's words — withdraw someone that one has said, take back one s own statement …   English contemporary dictionary

  • eat one's words — phrasal : to retract what one has said * * * eat one s words To take back what one has said • • • Main Entry: ↑eat eat one s words To retract what one has said, or apologize for it, usu under compulsion • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * retract what… …   Useful english dictionary

  • retract — [v] take back; renege on abjure, back, back down, back off, back out of, call off, cancel, change one’s mind, countermand, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, draw in, eat one’s words*, eliminate, exclude, fall back, forget it, forswear, go back on …   New thesaurus

  • eat one's words — Take back what was said, retract a statement, withdraw charges …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • retract — I v draw back or in, pull back or in, withdraw, abduce, Physiol. abduct, Dentistry. retrude. II v 1. disavow, recant, unsay, withdraw, take back, Inf. eat or swallow one s words; deny, gainsay, renounce, forswear, abjure; repudiate, disclaim… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • retract — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. withdraw, recall, take back, recant, disavow, repudiate, revoke. See nullification, negation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To draw in] Syn. withdraw, draw back, take in; see remove 1 , retreat 1 . 2. [To …   English dictionary for students

  • back-pedal — v retract, take back, withdraw, recant, disavow, unsay, Inf. eat or swallow one s words; retreat, back up, backtrack, reverse oneself, renege, Sl. cop out, back down or out of; shift ground, change sides, tergiversate; about face, do an about… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • take 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,… …   English dictionary for students

  • take 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… …   New thesaurus

  • List of Latin words with English derivatives — This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both… …   Wikipedia

  • swallow — I. /ˈswɒloʊ / (say swoloh) verb (t) 1. to take into the stomach through the throat or gullet (oesophagus), as food, drink, or other substances. 2. Colloquial to accept without question or suspicion. 3. to accept without opposition; put up with:… …  

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