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taken one's medicine

taken one's medicine is the past participle of take one's medicine.

Meaning of take one's medicine

Verb

take one's medicine (third-person singular simple present takes one's medicine, present participle taking one's medicine, simple past took one's medicine, past participle taken one's medicine)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To endure an unpleasant obligation, especially a punishment.
    • Your resistance to our class won't do you any good . If you'll come out and take your medicine like men, all right; but if you resist it will go that much harder with you.1910, Arthur M. Winfield, The Rover Boys at College
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, medicine.

Questions about taken one's medicine

What is taken one's medicine the past participle of?
Taken one's medicine is the past participle of take one's medicine.

Words near taken one's medicine in the dictionary

  1. taken one's hat off to
  2. taken one's hook
  3. taken one's kit off
  4. taken one's leave
  5. taken one's life in one's hands
  6. taken one's medicine
  7. taken one's own hide to market
  8. taken one's pick
  9. taken one's place
  10. taken one's rise
  11. taken one's seat

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