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eat one's pride en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of swallow one's pride.
    • People I had associated with for six or seven years all of a sudden became bigoted and narrow-minded, so I resigned. I decided nothing was worth eating my pride and working with these people. 1977 April 23, Jown Fowler, “'Whispering Campaign' Fails On Newbury Street”, in Gay Community News, page 1, quoting Frank Tanzer

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
eating one's pride Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
eats one's pride Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
eaten one's pride Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ate one's pride Tense=Past lexicographic