swallow
/ˈswɒləʊ/ verbTranslation
FOOD OR DRINK [T] › to move your throat in order to make food or drink go down
yutmak
These tablets are too big to swallow. The snake swallowed the bird whole.848THROAT [I] › to make a movement with your throat as if you are eating, sometimes because you are nervous
yutkunmak
It hurts when I swallow. Claire swallowed hard, opened the door and stepped inside.848ACCEPT [T] › to accept something unpleasant
yutmak, kanmak, kabullenmek
They found the final decision hard to swallow.2211BELIEVE [T] informal › to believe something, usually something which is not true
swallow sth up phrasal verb yutmak, katlanmak, sineye çekmek
I told him we were journalists and he seemed to swallow it. → See also swallow your pride2510 › to make something disappear
yok etmek, yutmak, silip süpürmek, mahvetmek, tüketmek
Many small businesses are being swallowed up by large international companies.1084(Definition of swallow verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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