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swallow down

swallow down verb: to believe (something) unpleasant or undesirable.

Verb

swallow down (third-person singular simple present swallows down, present participle swallowing down, simple past and past participle swallowed down)

  1. (transitive) To believe (something) unpleasant or undesirable.

Forms of swallow down

third-person singular presentswallows down
present participleswallowing down
past participleswallowed down
pastswallowed down

Questions about swallow down

What does swallow down mean?
Swallow down means to believe (something) unpleasant or undesirable.
What part of speech is swallow down?
Swallow down is a verb.
What is the past tense of swallow down?
The past tense of swallow down is swallowed down.

Words near swallow down in the dictionary

  1. swallies
  2. swallow
  3. swallow a bitter pill
  4. swallow dive
  5. swallow dives
  6. swallow down
  7. swallow hole
  8. swallow holes
  9. swallow one's pride
  10. swallow one's words
  11. swallow tanager

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