(figuratively) To regret or retract what one has said.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To admit one's faults; to make a humiliating apology.

(colloquial, simile) To eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal.

(colloquial, simile) To eat large amounts of food.

(colloquial, simile) To chew noisily, with one's mouth open, or with much greed.

To betray a constituent or charge out of self-serving interests or desperation.

(US and Canada, idiomatic) To prepare or fortify oneself for an activity requiring exertion.

(idiomatic) Used in a result clause to express disbelief in a proposition expressed in a conditional clause.

Ruthlessly acquisitive or competitive. Describes a business or other set of circumstances where people try to succeed at the expense of other people.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat one's words