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Etymology

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un- +‎ swallow

Verb

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unswallow (third-person singular simple present unswallows, present participle unswallowing, simple past and past participle unswallowed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To undo the swallowing of.
    • 2013, D. Dalton, Nia Shay, Steamscape:
      She stopped and tried to unswallow her tongue.