swallow one's words
Take back what one said, as in If they win I'll have to swallow my words. George Farquhar used this idiom in The Inconstant (1702): “I have swallowed my words already; I have eaten them up.” For a synonym, see eat one's words.
Words nearby swallow one's words
swallet,
swallow,
swallow dive,
swallow hole,
swallow one's pride,
swallow one's words,
swallow-tailed,
swallow-tailed coat,
swallow-tailed kite,
swallow-tanager,
swallowing reflex