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have to eat words

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have to eat your words

to be forced to admit that something you said before was wrong. She told me I'd never be able to give up smoking, but she had to eat her words.

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have time on hands
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have to eat words
have to hand it to
have to show for
have to spare
have two pennies to rub together
have up sleeve
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