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What means to gum the bullet?

Updated: 9/19/2023
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13y ago

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I do not know.

But an expression I know that is somewhat similar is "Bite the bullet"

This means to withstand the pain, endure, accept that there are difficulties, suffer the consequences, etc.

The expression come from a century or more ago when there were no anesthetics available. An injured person would be told to bite down on something fairly hard but not brittle (the lead of a bullet) in order to withstand the pain of surgery.

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