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swallow your words
idiom
to be forced to admit that something you have said has been shown to be wrong: 被迫承认自己说的话不对
I had to swallow my words when the project turned out to be a great success.结果这个计划非常成功，我不得不承认我之前说的话是错的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Admitting & confessing
acknowledge something as something
acknowledgedly
acknowledgment
admission of guilt
admittedly
avowedly
breastbeating
clean
climb down
come cleanidiom
concede
confess
hand
retraction
self-admittedly
self-confessed
self-confessedly
self-confession
stand
take something back
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