Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take the red pill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: take the red pill
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To perceive the world in its previously unknown, usually harsher, reality.

Example Sentences

"If you want to be a successful bootstrapper, you have to take the red pill and determine how deep the rabbit hole called your organization goes."
"As much as we, our generation, start to believe this fictionalized new version of reality we become complicit.... The only way out is to take the Red pill and see what things really look like."
"In this day and time, we must begin to take the “red pill” and open our first eye to see what's really going on, and who's behind this madness involving Hip Hop videos."

Inflected Forms

takes the red pill (present, singular) taking the red pill (participle, present) took the red pill (past) taken the red pill (participle, past)

Phrases

red pill red pilled drink the Kool-Aid

Frequently Paired Words

red pill red pilled drink the Kool-Aid

Synonyms

face facts wise up

Questions

What does take the red pill mean?: To perceive the world in its previously unknown, usually harsher, reality.

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