swallow down in English

Forms: swallows down [present, singular, third-person], swallowing down [participle, present], swallowed down [participle, past], swallowed down [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} swallow down (third-person singular simple present swallows down, present participle swallowing down, simple past and past participle swallowed down)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "swallowed down",
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      "form": "swallowed down",
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        "To believe (something) unpleasant or undesirable."
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        "(transitive) To believe (something) unpleasant or undesirable."
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    {
      "form": "swallows down",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "swallowed down",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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"swallow down" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms