sugarcoat the pill (English, verb)
expansion: sugarcoat the pill (third-person singular simple present sugarcoats the pill, present participle sugarcoating the pill, simple past and past participle sugarcoated the pill)
Senses:
glosses: To make an unpleasant event less displeasing.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: sugarcoats the pill
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: sugarcoating the pill
tags: participle
present
form: sugarcoated the pill
tags: participle
past
form: sugarcoated the pill
tags: past
form: sugarcoat a bitter pill
tags: alternative