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Eat (someone's) words

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Übersetzung von "eat (someone's) words" ins Russisch

eat (someone's) words
признать свою неправоту
After seeing the results, he had to eat his words.
Увидев результаты, он был вынужден признать свою неправоту.

Definitionen

To admit that what one said before was wrong, often after being proven incorrect or after a situation changes; to retract a previous statement.