"take the red pill" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take the red pill.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes the red pill [present, singular, third-person], taking the red pill [participle, present], took the red pill [past], taken the red pill [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> the red pill}} 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)
  1. (idiomatic) To understand the world in its previously unknown reality. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): The Matrix Synonyms: face facts, wise up Related terms: red pill [noun, verb], red pilled, drink the Kool-Aid

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