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swallow

n. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

swallow, drink, deglutition

n. the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"

swallow

v. engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

swallow

v. keep from expressing; "I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"

swallow

v. believe or accept without questioning or challenge; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?"

accept, live with, swallow

v. tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"

swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw

v. take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

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inundate, deluge, submerge

v. fill or cover completely, usually with water

submerge, submerse

v. put under water; "submerge your head completely"

devour, down, consume, go through

v. eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

devour, guttle, raven, pig

v. eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"

guzzle

v. drink greedily or as if with great thirst; "The boys guzzled the cheap vodka"

deluge, flood, inundate, swamp

v. fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm"; "The images flooded his mind"

accept

v. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up

v. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

permit, allow, let, countenance

v. consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

disclaim

v. renounce a legal claim or title to

revoke

v. fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

retire, withdraw

v. withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"

recall

v. make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

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buy

v. accept as true; "I can't buy this story"

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