eat your words
US /iːt jʊər wɜrdz/
UK /iːt jʊər wɜrdz/
1.
sözlerini yemek, dediklerini geri almak
to admit that something you said earlier was wrong, especially when you were boasting or very confident
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He said I couldn't do it, but I'll make him eat his words.
Yapamayacağımı söyledi ama ona sözlerini yedireceğim.
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After the team won, the critics had to eat their words.
Takım kazandıktan sonra eleştirmenler sözlerini yemek zorunda kaldılar.