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Eat your words is a response to someone bragging or a an over optimistic prediction. Example; Your team is so bad we are going to beat you by 20 points. The response could be, I'm going to make you eat those words. It voices disagreement and a challenge.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 8y agoIt means to be forced to take back an earlier statement because the statement was proven false or otherwise incorrect. For example, if you were to call someone a coward and they turn out to do something singularly brave, then this idiom would apply as you would be forced to take back or "eat" the earlier statement about cowardice.
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∙ 13y agoIt means you like write your words down then some one will stuff the paper you wrote it on down your throat. Thus eating your words... I hope this helped
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∙ 15y agoIt means eg: You say something you regret toa friend or some 1 you love you wpould say to them i will eat my words because you didnt mean to say it. I hope this helps
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It means you like write your words down then some one will stuff the paper you wrote it on down your throat. Thus eating your words... I hope this helped
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