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swallow your pride!

To accept that you have to do something that you think is embarrassing or that you think you are too good to do.
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Your strongly held views, assertions and advocacy have repeatedly been proven wrong in many situations! In this current dispute, I recommend that you 'swallow your pride' and drop the issue entirely.

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Submitted by WerterBuch on May 09, 2015

Additional definitions for 'swallow your pride!':

swallow your pride!Occasionally one will be shown to be exceedingly mistaken, misled or misinformed in his actions or assertions and pronouncements. This discovery and honest admission on the part of the advocate can be upsetting.
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