"swallow the leek" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-swallow the leek.ogg Forms: swallows the leek [present, singular, third-person], swallowing the leek [participle, present], swallowed the leek [participle, past], swallowed the leek [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} swallow the leek (third-person singular simple present swallows the leek, present participle swallowing the leek, simple past and past participle swallowed the leek)
  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To change one's mind. Tags: archaic, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-swallow_the_leek-en-verb-Xuvh69dy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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