restrain+one's+pride

  • 1draw in one's horns — (Colloq.) Repress one s ardor, restrain one s pride, cease boasting, pull in one s horns …

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  • 2pull in one's horns — (Colloq.) Repress one s ardor, restrain one s pride, cease boasting …

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  • 3bridle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bridel, from Old English brīdel; akin to Old English bregdan to move quickly more at braid Date: before 12th century 1. the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit and reins 2. a length of …

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  • 4mortify — mortifiedly, adv. mortifier, n. mortifyingly, adv. /mawr teuh fuy /, v., mortified, mortifying. v.t. 1. to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one s pride or self respect. 2. to subjugate (the body, passions, etc.) by abstinence, ascetic… …

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  • 5Ranma Saotome — Infobox animanga character color = Red name = Ranma Saotome series = Ranma ½ caption = Ranma, male and female, in the anime. first = Volume 1 last = Volume 36 (english) creator = Rumiko Takahashi voiced by = Japanese: Kappei Yamaguchi (male)… …

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  • 6education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …

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  • 7Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …

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  • 8Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …

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  • 9Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …

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  • 10France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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