put one's pride in one's pocket
put one's pride in one's pocket verb: to swallow one's pride.
Verb
put one's pride in one's pocket (third-person singular simple present puts one's pride in one's pocket, present participle putting one's pride in one's pocket, simple past and past participle put one's pride in one's pocket)
- To swallow one's pride.
- A dog came to them one day and said "All people will die […] unless you give me some milk to drink out of your gourd and beer to drink through your straw […]" But the people laughed at the dog, and gave him some milk and beer to drink off a stool. The dog was angry at not being served in the same...1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 55
Forms of put one's pride in one's pocket
| third-person singular present | puts one's pride in one's pocket |
|---|---|
| present participle | putting one's pride in one's pocket |
| past participle | put one's pride in one's pocket |
| past | put one's pride in one's pocket |
Questions about put one's pride in one's pocket
- What does put one's pride in one's pocket mean?
- Put one's pride in one's pocket means to swallow one's pride.
- What part of speech is put one's pride in one's pocket?
- Put one's pride in one's pocket is a verb.
- What is the past tense of put one's pride in one's pocket?
- The past tense of put one's pride in one's pocket is put one's pride in one's pocket.
Words near put one's pride in one's pocket in the dictionary
- put one's neck out
- put one's oar in
- put one's own oxygen mask on first
- put one's oxygen mask on first
- put one's pants on one leg at a time
- put one's pride in one's pocket
- put one's shoulder into
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- put one's stamp
- put one's toe in the water
- put one's trousers on one leg at a time
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