'eat crow' definitions:
- abjure,
- back down,
- back out,
- backwater,
- climb down,
- crawfish out,
- deny,
- disavow,
- disclaim,
- disown,
- eat dirt,
- eat humble pie,
- forswear,
- kiss the rod,
- lick the dust,
- recant,
- renege,
- renounce,
- repudiate,
- retract,
- revoke,
- sing small,
- swallow,
- take back,
- unsay,
- withdraw