Idiom
swallow one's pride
Meaning
To set aside one's feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I had to swallow my pride and apologize.”
“He realized he was wrong, so he swallowed his pride and asked his colleague for help with the project.”
“Despite his long-standing resentment toward his rival, he eventually swallowed his pride and requested a meeting to resolve their professional differences for the sake of the company.”
Examples
simple
“I had to swallow my pride and apologize.”
contextual
“He realized he was wrong, so he swallowed his pride and asked his colleague for help with the project.”
complex
“Despite his long-standing resentment toward his rival, he eventually swallowed his pride and requested a meeting to resolve their professional differences for the sake of the company.”
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