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takes one's medicine

takes one's medicine is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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What is takes one's medicine the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes one's medicine is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take one's medicine.

Words near takes one's medicine in the dictionary

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

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