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be on the pill Definition


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pill
noun
    1. A small ball or tablet of medicine, for swallowing. Compare capsule, tablet (sense 1).
      Thesaurus: tablet, capsule, pellet.
    2. Something unpleasant that one must accept.
    3. Any of various oral contraceptives, taken by some women (as opposed to men). See also minipill, morning-after pill.
      Form: the pill
Idiom: be on the pill
    To take oral contraceptives regularly.
Idiom: sugar the pill (sweeten the pill)
    To make something that is unpleasant easier to accept or cope with.
Etymology: 15c: from Latin pila ball.



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