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Pill Swallow Bitter Unpleasant I Accept Situation Make

Idiom to swallow the pill
Definition to accept a bitter or unpleasant situation; to make a difficult or unpleasant decision
Examples - You'll just have to swallow the pill and tell him you don't want to see him any more.
- I had to swallow the pill and sell my house. Otherwise I would have had to go to prison.
Note The expression is often used in the form: That was a bitter pill to swallow.

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