eats one's words (verb) recant: take back something said
Detalii: recant means to formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, while retract means to take back or to draw back or in
Sinonime: bring down, capsize,
collapse, do a pratfall,
fall,
falter,
founder, go belly up, go down, hit the dirt, keel over, knock down,
land, lose it, lurch, nose-dive,
oust, overbalance, overturn,
pitch,
plunge,
slump,
stagger,
stumble, take a header, teeter, tip over, totter,
tumble, turn over, unhorse, unseat,
upsetAntonime: place,
put, straighten