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Meanings of unsay in anglès

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Take back what one has said.

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        Examples for "withdraw"
        Examples for "withdraw"
        1
        The protesters said they wanted the police to withdraw from Government House.
        Reuters
        2
        The same problem can arise when people withdraw from the labour market.
        The Guardian
        3
        The United States will continue to withdraw troops as negotiations take place.
        Reuters
        4
        Since the jury has heard the answer anyway, I withdraw the question.
        First degree
        5
        Churkin said that for Russian troops to withdraw, two things are necessary.
        Reuters
        1
        My spouse wanted her own 'healthy' food that I can barely swallow.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Their message is simple and easy to swallow: Beer tastes, says Oliver.
        The Irish Times
        3
        They're claimin' to offer the fountain a youth in 'easy-to-swallow time-released capsules'.
        G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
        4
        I shall turn them to me, or I shall swallow their souls.
        Monster Hunter International
        5
        I saw a single swallow jinking its way south on October 28th.
        The Irish Times
        1
        Human rights groups said Serbia was reluctant to take back expelled migrants.
        Reuters
        2
        They have called repeatedly on foreign nations to take back their citizens.
        Reuters
        3
        We need to take back our city from the army of bores.
        The Irish Times
        4
        I would have given a lot to take back that smart-ass comment.
        Skin Trade
        5
        Give me one good reason why you won't take back your throne.
        Heir of Fire
        Usage of unsay in anglès
        1
        I would, for your sake, father, unsay the words if I could.
        A Daughter of Fife
        2
        But the words were said, and Benny didn't know how to unsay them.
        Rot & ruin
        3
        I must unsay now all that I said in favor of the isthmus.
        Overland: A Novel
        4
        So please unsay what you told Mrs. Fremont in the parlor last evening.
        Miss Dexie / A Romance of the Provinces
        5
        The words escaped, and he could neither unsay his promise nor her request.
        Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable
        6
        So unsay thy words, Nam-Bok, that we may yet honor thee.
        Children of the Frost
        7
        John Hatton is not saying today what he will unsay tomorrow.
        The Measure of a Man
        8
        You have only to unsay-tellme you have a right to demand it.'
        Evan Harrington — Volume 3
        9
        I couldn't unsay a word I said to you- Idon'twish anything undone.'
        In the Year of Jubilee
        10
        I was also taken aback by my own words, but I couldn't unsay them.
        Evil and the Mask
        11
        Mrs. Trevlyn, I shall request you to unsay the insinuation conveyed in your words.
        The Fatal Glove
        12
        They could not unsay the fateful words which called into being the Imperial Duma.
        Bolshevism: The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy
        13
        But all the armies and statecraft of Europe cannot unsay what you have said.
        The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 / Negligible Tal...
        14
        But now, let me unsay what I said in anger.
        Villette
        15
        If you do, I will unsay it, let it cost me what it may.
        The Eustace Diamonds
        16
        We say the creeds; how far may we unsay them?
        The Soul of a Bishop
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        Translations for unsay
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        Unsay through the time
        Unsay across language varieties
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