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- Anything we say or any word comes out will not come back to our mouth again. So we should not say anything for which later on we have to feel sorry. This idiom refers to say something that turns out not to be true and maybe we wish we could take back those words we said and eat them.
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You said that I'll lose this match, but see I won it. Now, you’ll have to eat your words.
Submitted on February 25, 2019
Additional definitions for 'Eat Your Words':
eat your words | A reminder that if one misspeaks, missquotes, carelessly asserts irresponsibly, one may have to consume his own words. |
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