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swallow a bitter pill

swallow a bitter pill verb: to accept or endure an unpleasant situation.

Verb

swallow a bitter pill (third-person singular simple present swallows a bitter pill, present participle swallowing a bitter pill, simple past and past participle swallowed a bitter pill)

  1. (idiomatic) To accept or endure an unpleasant situation.

Forms of swallow a bitter pill

third-person singular presentswallows a bitter pill
present participleswallowing a bitter pill
past participleswallowed a bitter pill
pastswallowed a bitter pill

Questions about swallow a bitter pill

What does swallow a bitter pill mean?
Swallow a bitter pill means to accept or endure an unpleasant situation.
What part of speech is swallow a bitter pill?
Swallow a bitter pill is a verb.
What is the past tense of swallow a bitter pill?
The past tense of swallow a bitter pill is swallowed a bitter pill.

Words near swallow a bitter pill in the dictionary

  1. Swalley
  2. Swalleys
  3. swallie
  4. swallies
  5. swallow
  6. swallow a bitter pill
  7. swallow dive
  8. swallow dives
  9. swallow down
  10. swallow hole
  11. swallow holes

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