runterschlucken

== German == === Alternative forms === herunterschlucken === Etymology === runter- +‎ schlucken. === Pronunciation === === Verb === runterschlucken (weak, third-person singular present schluckt runter, past tense schluckte runter, past participle runtergeschluckt, auxiliary haben) (transitive, also figurative, colloquial) to swallow Er hat die Möhren mal ganz schnell runtergeschluckt. ― He swallowed that entire mouthful of carrots. Tränen runterschlucken ― to choke back tears seinen Ärger runterschlucken ― to bottle up one's anger seine Wut runterschlucken ― to bottle up one's anger seinen Stolz runterschlucken ― to swallow one's pride ==== Conjugation ====