take a pill
English
Verb
take a pill
- (colloquial, often in imperative) To change one's attitude or expressed feeling.
- 2005, A. R. Nyfors, Walk Out a Mean Free Path, page 312:
- “You and Derek should take a pill,” Addy said. / “Why? I'm glad to hear you've got all those people in your corner. Even if you don't get Sean, at least that means you have real friends.”
- 2011, K. M. Soehnlein, Robin And Ruby, page 122:
- Wendy getting as close to Joanne as the bouncer will allow and urging, “Take a pill, Joanne, take a big fat chill pill.
- 2011, Susan Connell, Reese: the Untamed:
- "Take a pill." “But I do have a conscience. A pill isn't going to help that."
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