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What is the meaning of "to eat your words" idiom?

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Idiom Conjugations:

 
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Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Eating your words can be an embarrassing situation.
 
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Idiom Usage:

In the imperative:
"You will eat your words!"
 
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Idiom Scenario 2:


Stan and Johnny are talking about the upcoming release of a new video game ...
Johnny:  "I'm going to be the first person in line at the video store on Monday."
Stan:       "Do you really believe that the game will be released on time?"
Johnny:  "I'd be willing to bet on it!"
Stan        "But the company has postponed the release three times already."
Johnny:  "Not this time. 
Stan:      "I think you will be eating your words come Monday morning."
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Idiom Scenario 1:


Victor and Bruce are out test driving the race car they have been working on.  The car is not running well.  The two teenage boys stop the car.  They raise the hood and are looking in the engine compartment for the cause of the trouble ...
Victor:  "What do you suppose the problem is?"
Bruce:   "I'm not sure, but let's have a look."
Victor:  "Look, there's a loose spark plug wire, plain as day.  That is definitely the problem."
Bruce:   "I think you're wrong"
The two boys fix the spark plug wire but the car is still not running well.
Now, Victor must eat his words.
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Idiom Definition:


"to eat your words"
to publicly admit that something you said was wrong
 
Synonyms:
abjure, abnegate, abrogate, annul, backtrack, cancel, contradict, countermand, deny, disavow, disclaim, forswear, nullify, recant, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, revoke, unsay, void, welsh, withdraw
 
 
This man is literally eating his words. - - - - -> A man wearing a green shirt has a napkin tucked into his shirt and a fork in his right hand.  There is a caption bubble with the words "eat your words".  The man is literally beginning to eat the letter "e".




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