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swallow one's pride en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To set aside one's feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
swallowing one's pride Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
swallowed one's pride Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
swallowed one's pride Tense=Past lexicographic
swallows one's pride Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

eat humble pie

Translations (7)

pl schować ambicję do kieszeni (To hide one's feelings of pride, adopting more humble stance) · pl chować ambicję do kieszeni (To hide one's feelings of pride, adopting more humble stance) · ga dul ar an umhlaíocht (To hide one's feelings of pride, adopting more humble stance) · fi niellä ylpeytensä (To hide one's feelings of pride, adopting more humble stance) · fi ottaa lusikka kauniiseen käteen (To hide one's feelings of pride, adopting more humble stance) · cmn 放下身段 (To hide one's feelings of pride, adopting more humble stance) · fr ravaler sa fierté (To hide one's feelings of pride, adopting more humble stance)