"Empowering Advanced Learners of English in Business and Academia - TOEFL / ESL / EFL"
eat words
Definition
To admit you were previously wrong.
Context : Education, Sports Category: Metaphor Semantic: admit, take back
Usage of “eat words”
Make him eat his words by doing well on the exam.
He won the gold medal and made me eat my words.
Examples of idiom “eat words” from Twitter
JustinAstoria:@lenno212 you will eat words when the Mets reach the series.
rickzanotti:RT @MeredithMBell: "eating words has never given me indigestion." - Winston Churchill
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mrsxavib:
Natalie been eating words all night.
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craigelder:
@PaulLomax eating words? Not really. Astonishing that Labour tweeters thought it was a good idea to make #CashGordon trend all day...
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PurdueRaz:
@bwgreenandgray couldn't have said it better! Along with the eating words comment for the prez. I like when he loses. It makes me feel good!