swallow one's words (English, verb)
expansion: swallow one's words (third-person singular simple present swallows one's words, present participle swallowing one's words, simple past and past participle swallowed one's words)
Senses:
glosses: To be forced to retract a prior statement after it has been shown to be disproven; to take back what one has said.
glosses: To speak at a low volume due to uncertainty about one's speech; to mumble.
Forms:
form: swallows one's words
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: swallowing one's words
tags: participle
present
form: swallowed one's words
tags: participle
past
form: swallowed one's words
tags: past