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
Kirsten	['kə:stən]
JÖRan	-	Swedish
Ohannes	-	Armenian
Joann	JON, jo-AN	English
Huey	['hju:i]
Viraj	-	Indian, Marathi, Gujarati