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sugar the pill

sugar the pill is the alternative form of sugarcoat the pill.

Meaning of sugarcoat the pill

Verb

sugarcoat the pill (third-person singular simple present sugarcoats the pill, present participle sugarcoating the pill, simple past and past participle sugarcoated the pill)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To make an unpleasant event less displeasing.
    • Near-synonyms: polish a turd, put lipstick on a pig, sweeten the pot

Forms of sugar the pill

third-person singular presentsugars the pill
present participlesugaring the pill
past participlesugared the pill
pastsugared the pill

Questions about sugar the pill

What is sugar the pill the alternative form of?
Sugar the pill is the alternative form of sugarcoat the pill.

Words near sugar the pill in the dictionary

  1. sugar spoons
  2. sugar squirrel
  3. sugar squirrels
  4. sugar substitute
  5. sugar substitutes
  6. sugar the pill
  7. sugar thermometer
  8. sugar thermometers
  9. sugar tit
  10. sugar tits
  11. sugar up

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