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taken the bitter with the sweet

taken the bitter with the sweet is the past participle of take the bitter with the sweet.

Meaning of take the bitter with the sweet

Verb

take the bitter with the sweet (third-person singular simple present takes the bitter with the sweet, present participle taking the bitter with the sweet, simple past took the bitter with the sweet, past participle taken the bitter with the sweet)

  1. (idiomatic) To accept positive things with negative things.
    • Today we had the bitter with the sweet: they approved the loan but only gave us a year to pay it back in.

Questions about taken the bitter with the sweet

What is taken the bitter with the sweet the past participle of?
Taken the bitter with the sweet is the past participle of take the bitter with the sweet.

Words near taken the bitter with the sweet in the dictionary

  1. taken ten
  2. taken the bait
  3. taken the ball and run with it
  4. taken the bench
  5. taken the biscuit
  6. taken the bitter with the sweet
  7. taken the bread out of someone's mouth
  8. taken the Browns to the Super Bowl
  9. taken the bull by the horns
  10. taken the cake
  11. taken the chair

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