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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

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