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1. Bite the bullet - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_the_bullet
Description: WEBBiting the bullet" is a metaphor which is used to describe a situation, often a debate, where one accepts an inevitable impending hardship or hard-to-refute point, and then endures the resulting pain with fortitude. The phrase (as "bite on the bullet") was first recorded by Rudyard Kipling in his 1891 novel The Light that Failed.
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2. The saying 'Bite the bullet' - meaning and origin. - Phrasefinder
Link: https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bite-the-bullet.html
Description: WEBA soldier who, as the term is, sings out at the halberts. It is a point of honour in some regiments, among the grenadiers, never to cry out, or become nightingales, whilst under the discipline of the cat of nine tails; to avoid which, they chew a bullet.
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3. BITE THE BULLET | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Link: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bite-the-bullet
Description: WEBto force yourself to do something unpleasant or difficult, or to be brave in a difficult situation: I hate going to the dentist, but I'll just have to bite the bullet. SMART Vocabulary: …
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4. Bite the bullet - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
Link: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bite+the+bullet
Description: WEBbite the bullet. To bear up in an unpleasant or a difficult situation. In the days before anesthesia, a wounded soldier about to undergo surgery was given a bullet to clamp in his teeth and bear down on so he wouldn't bite off his …
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5. Bite the Bullet - Idiom, Origin & Meaning - GRAMMARIST
Link: https://grammarist.com/idiom/bite-the-bullet/
Description: WEBTo bite the bullet means facing a hardship straight on or bearing something physically or psychologically painful with bravery. For example: Our legislators need to bite the bullet and put aside their pet projects to create healthy tax reform that puts the people first.
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6. Idiom Origins - Bite the bullet - History of Bite the bullet
Link: https://idiomorigins.org/origin/bite-the-bullet
Description: WEBBite the bullet. This expression means to steel oneself to perform or finish a task, often unpleasant, that one may have been avoiding or putting off and this figurative meaning dates from the 19th century. The meaning of the expression is …
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7. BITE THE BULLET Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Link: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bite%20the%20bullet
Description: WEBBITE THE BULLET Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com. bite the bullet. To adjust to unpleasant circumstances: “The severe drought is forcing everybody to bite the bullet …
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8. Bite the Bullet | Idioms Online
Link: https://www.idioms.online/bite-the-bullet/
Description: WEBTo bite the bullet is to accept or confront a difficult situation with courage and stoicism; to accept the truth of a situation; to bravely pay the price of a bad situation; to force yourself to do something you dislike. 1, 2, 3, 4. Idioms Meanings: Bite the Bullet. Watch on. Want to see more videos from Idioms.Online?
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9. Bite the bullet Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Link: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bite%20the%20bullet
Description: WEBtransitive verb. 1. a. : to seize especially with teeth or jaws so as to enter, grip, or wound. was bitten by a dog. b. : to wound, pierce, or sting especially with a fang or a proboscis. getting bitten by mosquitoes. a snake bit his leg. 2. : to cut or pierce with or as if with an edged weapon. bit by his sword. 3.
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10. bite the bullet - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Link: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bite_the_bullet
Description: WEBNov 10, 2023 · bite the bullet (third-person singular simple present bites the bullet, present participle biting the bullet, simple past bit the bullet, past participle bitten the bullet) ( idiomatic) To accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed. ( philosophy) To accept an undesirable or counterintuitive implication of an argument or view .
