se dédire

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الفرنسية - التركية
caymak
sözünden dönmek, sözünü geri almak; tükürdüğünü yalamak
tükürdüğünü yalamak
الفرنسية - الإنجليزية
{v} unsay
To withdraw, retract (something said)

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 .

{v} to retract, recall, recant, alter, deny
To not have said (since this is physically impossible usually in the subjunctive, as I wish I could unsay)
take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"
To recant or recall, as what has been said; to refract; to take back again; to make as if not said
{f} retract, withdraw statement, take back what was said