Usually means: Retract statements, admit being wrong.
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  1. eat one's words: Merriam-Webster
  2. eat one's words: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eat one's words, eat one's words: Collins English Dictionary
  4. eat one's words: Wiktionary
  5. eat one's words, eat ones words: Dictionary.com
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▸ verb:  (figuratively) To regret or retract what one has said.

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