Usually means: Endure pain without outward complaint.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. bite the bullet: Merriam-Webster
  2. bite the bullet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bite the bullet: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bite the bullet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. bite the bullet: Wiktionary
  6. bite the bullet: Dictionary.com
  7. Bite the Bullet (EP), Bite the Bullet (Hoodoo Gurus album), Bite the Bullet (Karl Wolf album), Bite the Bullet (film), Bite the bullet (disambiguation), Bite the bullet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Bite the Bullet: The Word Detective
  9. bite the bullet: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. Bite the bullet: Phrase Finder
  11. bite the bullet: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bite the bullet: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  2. bite the bullet: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (bite the bullet)

verb:  (idiomatic) To accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.
verb:  (philosophy) To accept an undesirable or counterintuitive implication of an argument or view.

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