sugar the pill

A form of sugarcoat the pill — To make an unpleasant event less displeasing.

Meanings

verbsugar the pill (third-person singular simple present sugars the pill, present participle sugaring the pill, simple past and past participle sugared the pill)

present singular third person sugars the pill · participle present sugaring the pill · participle past sugared the pill · past sugared the pill

  1. alternativeAlternative form of sugarcoat the pill
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