swallow one's pride

Humble oneself, as in She decided to swallow her pride and apologize. This idiom employs swallow in the sense of "refrain from expressing," a usage dating from the early 1600s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Karin	KAH-rin (Swedish, German, Dutch), KAH-reen (Finnish), KER-ən (English), KAR-ən (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
Mildred	MIL-drəd	English
Rosalie	ro-za-LEE (French), RO-zə-lee (English)	French, German, Dutch, English
Somayeh	-	Persian
RÚNa	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Arvid	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish