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eat one's words
to admit humbly that one was mistaken in saying something
Example: I'll make him eat his words!
Arabic: يَرْجِعُ في كَلامِهِ
Chinese (Simplified): 认错道歉，食言
Chinese (Traditional): 認錯道歉
Czech: odvolat
Danish: tage ordene i sig igen
Dutch: zijn woorden inslikken
Estonian: oma sõnu sööma
Finnish: pyörtää puheensa
French: (se) rétracter
German: seinen Fehler eingestehen
Greek: παίρνω πίσω τα λόγια μου
Hungarian: visszaszívja amit mondott
Icelandic: éta ofan í sig, taka orð sín aftur
Italian: ritrattare, rimangiarsi ciò che si è detto*
Japanese: 前言を取消す
Latvian: ņemt atpakaļ savus vārdus
Lithuanian: atsiimti savo žodžius
Norwegian: ta ordene i seg igjen
Polish: odszczekać coś
Portuguese (Brazil): engolir as palavras
Portuguese (Portugal): engolir as (suas) palavras
Romanian: a-şi retrage cuvintele
Russian: взять свои слова назад
Slovak: odvolať
Slovenian: preklicati
Spanish: tragarse lo dicho
Turkish: tükürdüğünü yalamak
See also: eat, eat into, eatable, "eat one's words" in any language

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