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bitter pill

noun

Definitions

  1. Ellipsis of bitter pill to swallow.

    • By the final whistle at Murrayfield last night, the Australians were choking back the bitter pill of disappointment and defeat.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bitter, pill.

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