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hard pill to swallow

noun

Definitions

  1. Synonym of bitter pill to swallow.

    • That my own son could have done something so horrible is a hard pill to swallow.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hard, pill, to, swallow.

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