ail vs take one's medicine

ail

verb
  • To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) 

  • To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. 

noun
  • The awn of barley or other types of corn. 

take one's medicine

verb
  • To endure an unpleasant obligation, especially a punishment. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, medicine. 

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