swallow one's pride
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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)
- (idiomatic) To set aside one's feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance.
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To hide one's feelings of pride, adopting more humble stance
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