• Unsay

    Origin

    From - + say.

    Full definition of unsay

    Verb

    1. To withdraw, retract (something said).
      • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick: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 ....
    2. To not have said (since this is physically impossible usually in the subjunctive, as I wish I could unsay).There are somethings I'd like to unsay... to my boss... right before he decided to fire me.
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