Synonym: absorb, accept, believe, consume, devour, eat, gulp, ingest, take. Similar words: allow, allow for, shallow, pillow, follow, yellow, follow up, following. Meaning: ['swɑləʊ /'swɒl-] n. 1. a small amount of liquid food 2. the act of swallowing 3. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations. v. 1. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking 2. engulf and destroy 3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing 4. utter indistinctly 5. take back what one has said 6. keep from expressing 7. tolerate or accommodate oneself to 8. believe or accept without questioning or challenge.
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31. You should have a try, don't swallow anybody.
32. He gave a swallow, then began speaking.
33. Jan lifted her glass and took a quick swallow.
34. You won't swallow as a housemaid of mine.
35. She took a swallow of coffee.
36. Because I'm a bad swimmer, I often go under and swallow a lot of water.
37. Losing the championship to a younger player was a bitter pill to swallow.
38. I was forced to swallow my pride and ask for a loan.
39. I found his story a bit hard to swallow .
40. You're going to have to swallow your pride and ask for your job back.
41. Defeat in the election was a bitter pill for him to swallow.
42. Sometimes he regurgitates the food we give him because he cannot swallow.
43. It's time to swallow your pride and ask for your job back.
44. The knowledge that his friends no longer trusted him was a bitter pill to swallow.
45. Don't swallow in lumps.
46. At that moment the boss walked in and I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me.
47. You're too old to be given a job. That's a bitter pill to swallow.
48. I don't want any ifs and buts—swallow your medicine at once.
49. He was forced to swallow his pride and ask for money from his brother.
50. A seven-day TV ad campaign could swallow up the best part of £50,(http://sentencedict.com/swallow.html)000.
51. Small bones should be avoided as the dog may swallow them whole and risk internal injury.
52. Not surprisingly, this excuse was too much for them to swallow.
53. You'll give yourself indigestion if you swallow your dinner so quickly.
54. I don't know how I managed to swallow my anger.
55. With a nervous swallow he bearded the formidable-looking librarian behind the desk.
56. Do they really think we are stupid enough to swallow that?
57. Keep a lookout for small objects that a baby might swallow.
58. You can't swallow the promise of financial allocation that you made yesterday.
59. I had to swallow my words when the scheme turned out to be a great success.
60. The coffee was almost too hot to swallow and made him choke for a moment.