"swallow one's pride" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-swallow one's pride.ogg Forms: swallows one's pride [present, singular, third-person], swallowing one's pride [participle, present], swallowed one's pride [participle, past], swallowed one's pride [past]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: eat humble pie Translations (To hide one's feelings of pride, adopting more humble stance): 放下身段 (fàngxià shēnduàn) (Chinese Mandarin), niellä ylpeytensä (Finnish), ottaa lusikka kauniiseen käteen (english: and humbly do as one is told or supposed to do) (Finnish), ravaler sa fierté (French), dul ar an umhlaíocht (Irish), chować ambicję do kieszeni [imperfective] (Polish), schować ambicję do kieszeni [perfective] (Polish)

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