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take a pill

take a pill verb: to change one's attitude or expressed feeling.

Verb

take a pill (third-person singular simple present takes a pill, present participle taking a pill, simple past took a pill, past participle taken a pill)

  1. (colloquial, often in imperative) To change one's attitude or expressed feeling.
    • “You and Derek should take a pill,” Addy said. / “Why? I'm glad to hear you've got all those people in your corner. Even if you don't get Sean, at least that means you have real friends.”2005, A. R. Nyfors, Walk Out a Mean Free Path, page 312
    • Wendy getting as close to Joanne as the bouncer will allow and urging, “Take a pill, Joanne, take a big fat chill pill.2011, K. M. Soehnlein, Robin And Ruby, page 122

Forms of take a pill

third-person singular presenttakes a pill
present participletaking a pill
pasttook a pill
past participletaken a pill

Words formed from take a pill

  • take a chill pill

Questions about take a pill

What does take a pill mean?
Take a pill means to change one's attitude or expressed feeling.
What part of speech is take a pill?
Take a pill is a verb.
What is the past tense of take a pill?
The past tense of take a pill is took a pill.

Words near take a pill in the dictionary

  1. take a page out of someone's playbook
  2. take a pew
  3. take a picture
  4. take a picture, it will last longer
  5. take a picture, it'll last longer
  6. take a pill
  7. take a piss
  8. take a pitch
  9. take a powder
  10. take a pull
  11. take a rain check

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