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hard pill

hard pill is the alternative form of hard pill to swallow.

Meaning of hard pill to swallow

Noun

hard pill to swallow (plural hard pills to swallow)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of bitter pill to swallow.
    • That my own son could have done something so horrible is a hard pill to swallow.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, pill, to, swallow.

Forms of hard pill

pluralhard pills

Questions about hard pill

What is hard pill the alternative form of?
Hard pill is the alternative form of hard pill to swallow.

Words near hard pill in the dictionary

  1. hard pass
  2. hard passes
  3. hard paste
  4. hard paywall
  5. hard paywalls
  6. hard pill
  7. hard pill to swallow
  8. hard pills
  9. hard pills to swallow
  10. hard pine
  11. hard pines

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