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pill
verbs
take a pill
(= use it by swallowing it )
• Have you taken your pills?
swallow a pill
• He swallowed a handful of pills.
pop a pill
informal (= take one too easily, without thinking about it seriously )
• Some people just pop a pill to get a good night's sleep.
a doctor prescribes pills
(= tells someone to take them )
• Her doctor just prescribed more pills and told her to take it easy.
NOUN + pill
a sleeping pill
• I took a sleeping pill and tried to go back to sleep.
malaria pills
(= pills that prevent malaria )
vitamin pills
diet pills
(= pills that are said to help you become thinner )
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noun small round flat piece of medicine ADJ. diet, sleeping, vitamin QUANT. bottle VERB + PILL pop, swallow, take | give sb, prescribe (sb) The doctor prescribed her some pills to help her sleep. the pill: to avoid becoming pregnant ADJ. contraceptive VERB + PILL be on, go on, use | prescribe (sb), put sb on Her doctor put her on the pill at 16. | come off, stop
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