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Bitter pill

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Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of bitter pill to swallow. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, figuratively

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

  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bitter, pill.

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