- take your medicine
- to accept or deal with an unpleasant situation without complaining
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take your medicine — phrase to accept or deal with an unpleasant situation without complaining Thesaurus: to be patient, and to not complain too muchsynonym Main entry: medicine * * * take your medicine informal : to accept something that is unpleasant because it is… … Useful english dictionary
take your medicine — If you take your medicine, you accept the consequences of something you have done wrong … The small dictionary of idiomes
medicine — medi|cine W3S2 [ˈmedsən US ˈmedısən] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Latin medicina, from medicus; MEDICAL] 1.) [U and C] a substance used for treating illness, especially a liquid you drink ▪ Medicines should be kept out of the reach… … Dictionary of contemporary English
medicine — noun 1 (C, U) a substance used for treating illness, especially a liquid you drink: take medicine: Have you taken your medicine? 2 (U) the treatment and study of illnesses and injuries: He studied medicine at Yale. | homeopathic medicine 3 the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
medicine */*/ — UK [ˈmed(ə)s(ə)n] / US [ˈmedɪsɪn] noun Word forms medicine : singular medicine plural medicines 1) [countable/uncountable] a substance that you take to treat an illness, especially a liquid that you drink cough medicine a medicine bottle take… … English dictionary
medicine — med|i|cine [ medısın ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount a substance that you take to treat an illness, especially a liquid you drink: cough medicine a medicine bottle take medicine: You have to take the medicine three times a day. 2. ) uncount the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
medicine — noun take your medicine Syn: medication, medicament, drug, prescription, pharmaceutical, dose, treatment, remedy, cure; nostrum, panacea, cure all; informal meds; archaic physic … Thesaurus of popular words
take — take1 W1S1 [teık] v past tense took [tuk] past participle taken [ˈteıkən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(action)¦ 2¦(move)¦ 3¦(remove)¦ 4¦(time/money/effort etc)¦ 5¦(accept)¦ 6¦(hold something)¦ 7¦(travel)¦ 8 … Dictionary of contemporary English
take — 1 /teIk/ verb past tense took past participle taken MOVE STH 1 (T) to move someone or something from one place to another: Don t forget to take your bag when you go. | Paul doesn t know the way can you take him? | take sb/sth to: We take the kids … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
take — I UK [teɪk] / US verb Word forms take : present tense I/you/we/they take he/she/it takes present participle taking past tense took UK [tʊk] / US past participle taken UK [ˈteɪkən] / US *** 1) [transitive] to move something or someone from one… … English dictionary
