swallow one's pride

swallow one's pride to forget one's pride and accept something humiliating; to accept that you have to do something that you think is embarrassing or that you think you are too good to do

 

Examples:

1.  I had to swallow my pride and admit that I was wrong.

 

2.  He swallowed his pride and called his daughter to apologize.

 

 

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