swallow one's pride
swallow one's pride verb: to set aside one's feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance.
Verb
swallow one's pride (third-person singular simple present swallows one's pride, present participle swallowing one's pride, simple past and past participle swallowed one's pride)
- To set aside one's feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance.
Forms of swallow one's pride
| third-person singular present | swallows one's pride |
|---|---|
| present participle | swallowing one's pride |
| past participle | swallowed one's pride |
| past | swallowed one's pride |
Questions about swallow one's pride
- What does swallow one's pride mean?
- Swallow one's pride means to set aside one's feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance.
- What part of speech is swallow one's pride?
- Swallow one's pride is a verb.
- What is the past tense of swallow one's pride?
- The past tense of swallow one's pride is swallowed one's pride.
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