eat one's pride

Verb

 * 1) * 1977 April 23, Jown Fowler, “'Whispering Campaign' Fails On Newbury Street”, in Gay Community News, page 1, quoting Frank Tanzer:
 * People I had associated with for six or seven years all of a sudden became bigoted and narrow-minded, so I resigned. I decided nothing was worth eating my pride and working with these people.
 * People I had associated with for six or seven years all of a sudden became bigoted and narrow-minded, so I resigned. I decided nothing was worth eating my pride and working with these people.