Gerund Word Explorer
Idiom

Bite the bullet

Bite the bullet

Make yourself do something hard or unpleasant you have been avoiding.

Meera decided to bite the bullet and call the bank herself.

Remember: Used for facing a hard task you've delayed. Fine in speech and emails; in exam essays one idiom per paragraph is plenty.

Short lessonEveryday idiomsIdioms are phrases whose meaning is different from the meaning of their words.

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