eat one's pride

A form of swallow one's pride — To set aside one's feelings of pride and adopt a more humble or appropriate stance.

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Meanings

verbeat 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)

present singular third person eats one's pride · participle present eating one's pride · past ate one's pride · participle past eaten one's pride

  1. alternativeAlternative form of swallow one's pride.

    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.

    1977 April 23, Jown Fowler, “'Whispering Campaign' Fails On Newbury Street”, in Gay Community News, page 1, quoting Frank Tanzer
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APA

eat one's pride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eat%20one's%20pride

MLA

“eat one's pride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eat%20one's%20pride. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eat one's pride,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eat%20one's%20pride.

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