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take the red pill (third-person singular simple present takes the red pill, present participle taking the red pill, simple past took the red pill, past participle taken the red pill)
- (idiomatic) To understand the world in its previously unknown reality.
- Synonyms: face facts, wise up
2004 September 9, Guy Kawasaki, The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything, Portfolio, →ISBN, →OL, page 92:
If you want to be a successful bootstrapper, you have to take the red pill and determine how deep the rabbit hole called your organization goes.
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- red pill (noun or verb)
- red pilled
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