And in the first place, you will be so good as to unsay that story about selling his head, which if true I take to be good evidence that this harpooneer is stark mad […]
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Unsay
Synonyms for "unsay" (31 found)
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4 translations across 2 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- maldiri verb (cause not to have been said)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- poništiti izrečeno verb (to withdraw something said)
- poreći verb (to withdraw something said)
- povući izrečeno verb (to withdraw something said)
Sample sentences
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I wish I could unsay that.
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There are some things I'd like to unsay... to my boss... right before he decided to fire me.
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Certainly if Chriſts Apoſtle have ſet down but two, then according to his own words, though he himſelf ſhuld unſay it, and not only the Angel of Smyrna, but an Angel from Heaven ſhould bear us down that there be three, Saint Paul has doom'd him twiſe, Let him be accurſt [...]
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