Vocabulary
Swallow
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
cause or allow (something, especially food or drink) to pass down the throat.
Urdu meaning
نگلنا، ہڑپ کر جانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- This may be a bitter pill to swallow for the Hindu revivalist BJP regime, which has never stopped dreaming of `Akhand Bharat`.
- But, as they say, one swallow doesn`t make a summer.
- But, as they say, one swallow doesn`t make a summer.
- It is a well-known fact that the top PPP leadership is not in favour of increasing the AIT rates and President Zardari had equated this particular IMF condition with a bitter pill that they would have to swallow.
- Only an American rattlesnake could swallow its own tail.
Synonyms
eat, gulp down, consume, devour, eat up, put away, gobble (up), bolt (down), wolf down,
Curator example
“she swallowed a mouthful slowly”
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