Today's slang word of the day is bite the bullet. Its definitions appear below. Click here to vote on usage and vulgarity, to see words that share the same meaning, and to see words that share the same root words.
bite the bullet
verb
- to stoically endure something unpleasant.
I may have to bite the bullet and turn myself in to the police.
Last edited on May 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009. (As of March 8 2013, definitions are no longer editable.)
- to stop procrastinating.
Citation from "Taken sparingly - one at a time", The New Zealand Herald, Adam Gifford, Aug 28 2010 censored to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to start, prepare to, be about to.
Last edited on Jun 29 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Mar 29 2011. (As of March 8 2013, definitions are no longer editable.)
Enjoy!
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com) from The Online Slang Dictionary
P.S. Sorry about the censored citations. Google penalizes the dictionary if I show them. (There's a bunch of information about the penalty here.) I've tried everything, but they won't speak to me about it. :(
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