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swallowed one's pride

swallowed one's pride is the simple past and past participle of swallow one's pride.

Meaning of swallow one's pride

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)

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

Questions about swallowed one's pride

What is swallowed one's pride the simple past and past participle of?
Swallowed one's pride is the simple past and past participle of swallow one's pride.

Words near swallowed one's pride in the dictionary

  1. swallowable
  2. swallowe
  3. swallowed
  4. swallowed a bitter pill
  5. swallowed down
  6. swallowed one's pride
  7. swallowed one's words
  8. swallowed the anchor
  9. swallowed the dictionary
  10. swallowed the leek
  11. swallowed up

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