Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

swallowed a bitter pill

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
swal-lowed a bit-ter pill
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does swallowed a bitter pill mean?
simple past and past participle of swallow a bitter pill

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