eat one’s words in Anglais

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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Locutions verbales en anglais",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
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  "lang": "Anglais",
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  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This time, you have to eat your words, because, like it or not, you lost."
        },
        {
          "text": "Cette fois-ci, tu dois retirer ce que tu as dit, car, que tu le veuilles ou non, tu as perdu."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Regretter ses mots, retirer ce que l’on a dit."
      ],
      "id": "fr-eat_one’s_words-en-verb-m-uyWmb9"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eat one’s words"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Locutions verbales en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Locution verbale",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This time, you have to eat your words, because, like it or not, you lost."
        },
        {
          "text": "Cette fois-ci, tu dois retirer ce que tu as dit, car, que tu le veuilles ou non, tu as perdu."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Regretter ses mots, retirer ce que l’on a dit."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eat one’s words"
}

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"eat one’s words" meaning in Anglais

Verb

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