swheeten.html - See: LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT ATE THE CANARY.

swheeten.html - See: HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER.

swheeten.html - {v. phr.} To bring your pride under control; humble yourself. * /After Bill lost the race, he swallowed his pride and shook hands with the winner./ Compare: EAT ONE'S WORDS,

swheeten.html - {v. phr.} To take back something you have said; admit something is not true. * /John had called Harry a coward, but the boys made him eat his words after Harry bravely fought a big bully./ Compare: EAT CROW.

swheeten.html - 1. To speak unclearly; fail to put enough breath into your words. * /Phyllis was hard to understand because she swallowed her words./ 2. See: EAT ONE'S WORDS.

swheeten.html - {v. phr.} To do away with; absorb; engulf. * /My expenses are so great that they swallow up my modest salary./