What does swallow down mean?

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swallow down

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

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swallows down (present, singular) swallowing down (participle, present) swallowed down (participle, past) swallowed down (past)

What does swallow down mean?: To believe (something) unpleasant or undesirable.

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