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swallow

1. n. a puff of cigarette smoke. He took just one swallow and started coughing.

2. tv. to believe or accept something. (see also eat something up.) Nobody’s gonna swallow that nonsense.

See:

• a bitter pill
• a hard pill to swallow
• a tough pill to swallow
• bitter pill to swallow
• hard to believe
• hard to swallow
• look like the cat that ate the canary
• look like the cat that swallowed the canary
• one swallow does not a spring make
• one swallow does not make a spring
• One swallow does not make a summer
• one swallow doesn't make a summer
• strain at gnats and swallow camels
• swallow
• swallow down
• swallow hook, line, and sinker
• swallow one's pride
• swallow one's words
• swallow pride
• swallow the anchor
• swallow the bait
• swallow the dictionary
• swallow up
• sword swallowing
• take the bait
• wish the ground would swallow up