take one's medicine (English, verb)
expansion: take one's medicine (third-person singular simple present takes one's medicine, present participle taking one's medicine, simple past took one's medicine, past participle taken one's medicine)
Senses:
glosses: To endure an unpleasant obligation, especially a punishment.
tags: idiomatic
informal
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, medicine.
Forms:
form: takes one's medicine
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking one's medicine
tags: participle
present
form: took one's medicine
tags: past
form: taken one's medicine
tags: participle
past