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Meaning of blue pill | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Synonym of blue mass (“pill of prepared mercury”).
    historical
  2. A pill of sildenafil (Viagra), used to treat erectile dysfunction.
    slang
  3. Rejection of the red pill philosophy.

Examples

“He scarcely knew a single soul in the metropolis: and were it not for his doctor, and the society of his blue-pill, and his liver complaint, he must have died of loneliness.”
“"[…] I'm getting old and it doesn't agree with me. I know I'll be fearfully cranky by the time I'm sixty. But perhaps all I need is a course of blue pills."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

blue pine blue pipe Blue Planet blue plaque blue plate special blue pony ant

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