I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
swallow a pill
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He swallowed a handful of pills.
swallow a tablet
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He took his own life by swallowing more than 500 tablets.
swallow food
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While she was ill, she had trouble swallowing her food.
swallowing...whole (= swallowing it without chewing )
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a snake swallowing a mouse whole
take/swallow poison
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He committed suicide by taking poison.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
hard
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Closing her eyes, she swallowed hard , shuddering violently.
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I flushed, swallowed hard , struggled to keep from crying, struggled not to be overwhelmed by my fear of falling.
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He swallowed hard once or twice.
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Occasionally he would grimace and swallow hard , his lips going tight.
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She swallowed hard , then stretched out her hand and took it.
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Cantor momentarily closed his eyes and swallowed hard .
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She looked away, swallowing hard as disappointment choked her.
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Kelly swallowed hard , and closed her eyes.
nervously
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He swallowed nervously and unlocked it.
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Every muscle tensed, and she swallowed nervously , but she carried on with her appointed task with renewed concentration.
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Isabel swallowed nervously , pondering her answer as if the fate of the kingdom rested on it.
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Robyn swallowed nervously , immediately regretting her spurt of defiance.
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Ranulf swallowed nervously as the bough hit the ground.
up
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In my day - why, Sècheron would have been swallowed up by inner suburbs clustering round the old U.N. building.
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The 1400, on the other hand, can swallow up to 1. 36 gigabytes of compressed data.
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They just went in head first and was swallowed up in the road.
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A brother and sister are split apart, and his identity gets swallowed up in an institution.
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The latter has now been swallowed up by extreme political shifts and disputes.
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We must learn when to adapt and when to resist, or be swallowed up .
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The jangling of his chains and bells was swallowed up by the blackness.
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Beware you be not swallowed up in books!
■ NOUN
fish
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After they are separated, the keepers feed the chicks by hand and must teach them to swallow whole fish .
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Little fish can now swallow bigger fish.
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At once, I found myself swallowed by a huge fish .
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A J Trevett and colleagues reported on two patients who developed acute respiratory obstruction from swallowing live fish .
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Jonah starts off in the opposite direction, but is swallowed by a great fish who delivers him to Ninevah anyway.
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The Prophet Jonah, too, was swallowed by a monstrous fish .
mouthful
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She swallowed down a mouthful of wine.
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But when she swallowed , the first mouthful of crisp apple hurt her throat so much she almost cried.
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She gasped, swallowed a mouthful of rain, and gave an involuntary chuckle.
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He swallowed the first mouthful , and then examined what was left as if he was not sure what it contained.
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She realized that Bridget was eyeing her curiously, and swallowed a mouthful of wine.
pill
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Some one he loved more than he loved her, which was a hard pill to swallow .
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It was a bit of a blow, a bitter pill to swallow .
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Was it a hard pill to swallow ?
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And a firm's environmental history has emerged as another potential poison pill no-one wants to swallow .
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And humor, after all, is the sugar coating that makes talk radio a smooth pill to swallow .
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He simply chooses not to, and that's a very bitter pill to swallow for any child.
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He reached into his pocket, pulled out a pill , and swallowed it.
pride
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Michelle, set on being an actress, wasn't interested at first, but in the end she swallowed her pride .
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But the argument, that they should swallow their pride and join the union, does not seem popular at present.
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He swallowed his pride and went to Frieda, told her the situation.
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Elsie kept quiet about his affair and swallowed her pride , however.
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Still, it was painful, and he struggled desperately to swallow his pride .
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Last night she had swallowed her pride and rung the Kilburn flat twice.
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There was also a cost in swallowed pride by the architects.
tablet
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Carolyn sat on her bed and swallowed the sleeping tablets , washing each down with a mouthful of water.
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An 11-month old baby died after accidentally swallowing a few laetrile tablets .
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She swallowed the tablets and drained the mug, feeling a great deal better.
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He was shivering again and he swallowed another handful of tablets from his waist pouch.
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After she had swallowed the sleeping tablets , Carolyn slept for fourteen hours.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a barium meal/enema/swallow
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During the pre-operative period Mr Reynolds also have several investigations performed, including a barium enema and a sigmoidoscopy and biopsy.
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I was in the process of administering a barium enema.
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If the patient is over 40 or has risk factors for colon carcinoma, a barium enema is prudent.
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Oesophageal radionuclide transit was evaluated in 15 patients and a barium meal was performed in five cases to confirm endoscopical findings.
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So I went to see a man in Devonshire Place and he sent me down the road for a barium meal X-ray.
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The following year the surgeon arranged an x ray of her lumbar spine and a barium meal, which were normal.
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Three patients refused endoscopy, two refused sigmoidoscopy, and nine patients refused to have a barium enema or colonoscopic examination.
a bitter pill (to swallow)
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Losing the business was a bitter pill to swallow.
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It was a bitter pill for the 117 men listed to swallow with their Thanksgiving turkey yesterday.
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It was a bit of a blow, a bitter pill to swallow.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Alice swallowed her iced tea hurriedly.
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Her explanation of where the money went is a little hard to swallow .
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I threw a piece of meat to the dog and he swallowed it in one go.
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If you drink some water it will make the pills easier to swallow .
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Mary tried hard to swallow her anger.
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She swallowed twice, preparing to tell him the truth.
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The company has been telling lies for years, but local media has swallowed them whole.
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You mean to tell me you swallowed a story like that?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Before she swallowed the last of the drink she had promised to ask Wickham for the facts.
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In ancient times one regular performer apparently used to swallow stones and then make music by banging on his stomach.
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Joe understood her and swallowed his disappointment.
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One year after the rescue plan, it may be time for the critics to swallow at least some of their words.
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That they were in my hands was hard to swallow .
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The 1400, on the other hand, can swallow up to 1. 36 gigabytes of compressed data.
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With their large mouths they are capable of swallowing smaller aquarium fishes.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Glen took a long swallow of his drink.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An early swallow hawked for flies, close over the bright water.
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Elizabeth ducked her chin to take a swallow of coffee.
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He took three large swallows and passed the bottle to his wife.
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Now, with a swish and a swallow , you, too, are sent on your way.
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The other picked up his drink and took a long swallow , watching her over the rim of the tankard.
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There were two swallows nesting above our front door.