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Definition sweeten/sugar the pill in British English

sweeten/sugar the pill phrase

phrase
1

to make something unpleasant easier to accept

Example

To sweeten the pill, the company will introduce a range of new performance-related bonuses.

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Definition sweeten/sugar the pill in British English