swallow one's words
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Definition of swallow one's words words
- noun swallow one's words to retract a statement, argument, etc, often in humiliating circumstances 0
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swallow one's words popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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