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1 swallow one's pride
(to behave humbly eg by making an apology.) prekonať pýchu -
2 swallow
I 1. ['swoləu] verb1) (to allow to pass down the throat to the stomach: Try to swallow the pill; His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow.) prehltnúť2) (to accept (eg a lie or insult) without question or protest: You'll never get her to swallow that story!) prehltnúť2. noun(an act of swallowing.) prehltnutie- swallow up II ['swoləu] noun(a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail.) lastovička* * *• vstrebat do seba• vziat spät• zbehnút• zhltnút• zniest• zmierit sa• sadnút na lep (slang.)• schopnost jest• strpiet• spotrebovat• tažko strávitelný• prehrýzt• prehltnút• prehltnutie• prehltat• prijat do seba• hltan• dúšok• hlt• hltat• hodit do seba• absorbovat• chut• pochopit• pokladat za pravdivé• pohltit• lastovicka• neuveritelný• nezretelne vyslovovat• nechat si pre seba• nevyslovit• odvolat• neznesitelný• odíst do výslužby
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swallow one's pride — {v. phr.} To bring your pride under control; humble yourself. * /After Bill lost the race, he swallowed his pride and shook hands with the winner./ Compare: EAT ONE S WORDS … Dictionary of American idioms
swallow one's pride — {v. phr.} To bring your pride under control; humble yourself. * /After Bill lost the race, he swallowed his pride and shook hands with the winner./ Compare: EAT ONE S WORDS … Dictionary of American idioms
swallow one's pride — To humble oneself • • • Main Entry: ↑swallow … Useful english dictionary
swallow one's pride — bring one s pride under control, become humble I had to swallow my pride and go and ask my supervisor for some extra money … Idioms and examples
swallow one's pride — If you swallow your pride, you accept something humiliating or embarrassing, for example having to admit that you are wrong, or that you have less knowledge that you thought. When Jill failed the exam, she had to swallow her pride and… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
swallow\ one's\ pride — v. phr. To bring your pride under control; humble yourself. After Bill lost the race, he swallowed his pride and shook hands with the winner. Compare: eat one s words … Словарь американских идиом
swallow one's pride — verb To set aside ones feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance … Wiktionary
pocket one's pride — See: SWALLOW ONE S PRIDE … Dictionary of American idioms
pocket one's pride — See: SWALLOW ONE S PRIDE … Dictionary of American idioms
pocket\ one's\ pride — See: swallow one s pride … Словарь американских идиом
swallow — swallow1 [swä′lō] n. [ME swalwe < OE swealwe, akin to Ger schwalbe, ON svala, swallow, & prob. Russ solovyej, Czech slavík, nightingale] 1. any of a family (Hirundinidae) of small, swift flying, insect eating passerine birds with long, pointed … English World dictionary
