unsay
Example Sentences
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I know that I cannot unsay those words, but please accept my sincerest apologies.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2019
Yet he can’t unsay what was said on the audio tape.
From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2018
And then they unsay it, and they keep unsaying it, breaking their own rules over and over again.
From The Guardian • May 13, 2017
Galliano can’t unsay or undo the gross, offensive things that happened two years ago.
From Salon • Jan. 18, 2013
Lissa backed away from us, her hand covering her mouth, as if she wanted to unsay what she’d just said.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
