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.

• race against time clock
• rack brain
• rack brains
• rack up
• rack up something
• rack your brain
• rack your brains
• rags-to-riches
• raining cats and dogs
• rain on parade
• rain on someone's parade
• rain or shine
• rainy day fund
• raise a few eyebrows
• raise a stink
• raise Cain
• raised eyebrows
• raise eyebrows
• raise game
• raise hackles
• raise hand against
• raise hand against someone
• raise hand to
• raise hand to someone
• raise hell