IDIOMS ABOUT PILL

A small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.

something unpleasant that has to be accepted or endured:
Ingratitude is a bitter pill.

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verb (used with object)
to dose with pills.

to form or make into pills.

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verb (used without object)
to form into small, pill-like balls, as the fuzz on a wool sweater.: Compare depill.
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ORIGIN OF PILL
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First recorded before 1100; Middle English pilen “to rob, steal, plunder,” Old English pilian “to skin, peel,” from Latin pilāre “to pluck, remove (hair or feathers)” see pile3
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HOW TO USE PILL IN A SENTENCE
Sometimes you swallow pills you don’t like to get things done.

THEDONALD’S OWNER SPEAKS OUT ON WHY HE FINALLY PULLED PLUG ON HATE-FILLED SITE | CRAIG TIMBERG, DREW HARWELL | FEBRUARY 5, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
Body temperature can be monitored through smart pills but also through wearables put on the skin.

AS BIOMETRICS BOOM, WHO OWNS ATHLETES’ DATA? IT DEPENDS ON THE SPORT. | NICK BUSCA | FEBRUARY 2, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
He gave her 10 pills each day, in addition to a few liquid medications.

A SICK MOTHER, A LOVING SON, A SIGNED OVECHKIN JERSEY — AND HOW THE CAPS TRIED TO HELP | KYLE MELNICK | FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | WASHINGTON POST
They take the pills for 15 days and log symptoms on a web-based platform.

THE ANTIDEPRESSANT FLUVOXAMINE COULD KEEP MILD COVID-19 FROM WORSENING | ESTHER LANDHUIS | FEBRUARY 1, 2021 | SCIENCE NEWS
Maybe 15 or 20 percent of lung cancers in the United States are targeted by these pills that are quite effective and not very toxic.

HOW TO FIX THE INCENTIVES IN CANCER RESEARCH (EP. 449) | STEPHEN J. DUBNER | JANUARY 28, 2021 | FREAKONOMICS