eat one's pride

English

Verb

eat one's pride (third-person singular simple present eats one's pride, present participle eating one's pride, simple past ate one's pride, past participle eaten one's pride)

1. Alternative form of swallow one's pride
   • 1977 April 23, Jown Fowler, “'Whispering Campaign' Fails On Newbury Street”, in Gay Community News, page 1, quoting Frank Tanzer:

     People I had associated with for six or seven years all of a sudden became bigoted and narrow-minded, so I resigned. I decided nothing was worth eating my pride and working with these people.