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took a pill

took a pill is the simple past of take a pill.

Meaning of take a pill

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

Questions about took a pill

What is took a pill the simple past of?
Took a pill is the simple past of take a pill.

Words near took a pill in the dictionary

  1. took a number
  2. took a page out of someone's book
  3. took a page out of someone's playbook
  4. took a pew
  5. took a picture
  6. took a pill
  7. took a piss
  8. took a pitch
  9. took a powder
  10. took a pull
  11. took a rain check

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