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takes the bitter with the sweet

takes the bitter with the sweet is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 takes the bitter with the sweet

What is takes the bitter with the sweet the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes the bitter with the sweet is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take the bitter with the sweet.

Words near takes the bitter with the sweet in the dictionary

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

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