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runterschlucken

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German

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Etymology

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runter- +‎ schlucken.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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runterschlucken (weak, third-person singular present schluckt runter, past tense schluckte runter, past participle runtergeschluckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, also figurative, colloquial) to swallow
    Er hat die Möhren mal ganz schnell runtergeschluckt.He swallowed that entire mouthful of carrots.
    Tränen runterschluckento choke back tears
    seinen Ärger runterschluckento bottle up one's anger
    seine Wut runterschluckento bottle up one's anger
    seinen Stolz runterschluckento swallow one's pride

Conjugation

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