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Definition of swallowing a person's pride

swallow (one's) pride

verb

  • to ignore one's sense of pride.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

    Citation from "Eagleton", Parks and Recreation (TV), Season 3 Episode 12 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
                                                                                                                                                                                                   

    Citation from "Pride", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 7 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Oct 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 01 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'pride':

Definitions include: something one is extremely proud of and which gives one joy, especially one's children.

Other terms relating to 'swallow':

Definitions include: a difficult thing to accept.
Definitions include: to swallow a man's ejaculate during oral sex.
Definitions include: to swallow a person's semen.
Definitions include: to swallow a person's load - i.e. ejaculated semen.
Definitions include: to vomit.

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