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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'bite the bullet' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions bite the bullet Etymology: From the past practice of soldiers bite, biting a bullet to avoid crying out in pain, usually during a medical procedure or punishment.While this is given frequently as an etymology, http://www.alt-usage-english.org/ucle/ucle10.htmlbullet suggests that this is in fact incorrect, and the phrase derives instead from the practice of biting open paper cartridges.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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