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Definition of bite the bullet
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.
- to stop procrastinating.
Citation from "Taken sparingly - one at a time", The New Zealand Herald, Adam Gifford, Aug 28 2010 censored in hope of resolving 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.
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Other terms relating to 'to start, prepare to, be about to': | |
| Definitions include: contraction of "about to." | |
| Definitions include: to engage in coitus. | |
| Definitions include: See top. | |
| Definitions include: to start a task. | |
| Definitions include: shortened form of "fixing to," meaning "about to" or "preparing to." | |
| Definitions include: about to. | |
| Definitions include: time to get serious about doing something. | |
| Definitions include: a five dollar bill. | |
| Definitions include: to initiate an action. | |
| Definitions include: contraction for "going to." | |
| Definitions include: to die. | |
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Other terms relating to 'bite': | |
| Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action. | |
| Definitions include: a young child. | |
| Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: to have negative consequences. | |
| Definitions include: to fall and hit the ground. | |
| Definitions include: a command, similar to "Go to hell!" (i.e. "Leave me alone!" | |
| Definitions include: to take on a situation one can't master. | |
| Definitions include: to have negative consequences. | |
| Definitions include: a dismissive retort; "go to hell". | |
| Definitions include: to reprimand. | |
| Definitions include: to be nervous or afraid. | |
| Definitions include: to restrain one's self, and not say something that one wants to say. | |
| Definitions include: a person who "bites". | |
| Definitions include: to die or to get killed. | |
| Definitions include: to start drinking alcohol again in the morning to avoid feeling hung-over. | |
Other terms relating to 'bullet': | |
| Definitions include: a type of cocaine paraphernalia. | |
| Definitions include: something very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: an effect in visual media such as movies and video games in which playback is slowed or paused while the camera moves around a moving object such as a bullet. | |
| Definitions include: to nearly avoid a bad event. | |
| Definitions include: semen. | |
| Definitions include: bullets coated with Teflon to penetrate bullet-proof armor. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: the ultimate fix for a problem. | |
| Definitions include: to sweat profusely. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: the real information or the proof, instruction, the know how, where, when, and why about something or someone. | |
| Definitions include: walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: a good estimate. | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: inclusive. | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: Someone being butthurt over having something, they do to others regularly, done to the them | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
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