unsay
verb (used with object)
to withdraw (something said), as if it had never been said; retract.
unsaying
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present participleof unsay.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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And then they unsay it, and they keep unsaying it, breaking their own rules over and over again.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2017
Time and again in her heart of hearts had she planned how those unsaying words should be said, and said just as soon as ever he came, but he came rather soon and suddenly.
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King
They had appeared in too many instances; and, though frightened at his anger, she stood still, without unsaying her words.
From The Daisy chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte Mary Yonge
"Old men, and far from well, who have lived such a long time in their peace," they have made the laborious journey, and are now valiantly suppressing their homesickness, and unsaying their involuntary complaints.
From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Saint of Siena Catherine
There was a sort of mad entreaty in his eyes, as if he hoped that by unsaying she could remedy an irremediable disaster, and there was nothing left of him but those panic-stricken, beseeching eyes.
From The Inheritors by Joseph Conrad
