unsay

verbA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

unsays

V_ing/Gerund

unsaying

V_ed/pp

unsaid

1.
To withdraw, retract (something said).
2.
To cause something not to have been said; to make it so that one never said something (since this is physically impossible, usually in the subjunctive).
I wish I could unsay that.
There are some things I'd like to unsay... to my boss... right before he decided to fire me.

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Đồng nghĩa

retracttake backunspeak

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English unseyen, unseien, from Old English onseċġan (to deny, renounce), from *andasaggjan (to unsay, renounce, deny), equivalent to un- + say. Cognate with ontzeggen, entsagen.