For many such people, this summer and early fall could be a particularly good moment to bite the bullet.
Some in big business also seem ready to bite the bullet.
Who will be first to bite the bullet on this?
"I bit the bullet and told him the bad news," she said.
You're the one who's going to have to bite the bullet if anything goes wrong.
Many of us will just have to bite the bullet and pay more for what we buy every day.
"It bit the bullet, which most states don't even try to do."
His view is to bite the bullet and press on.
"I decided to bite the bullet and take back my name," she said.
"But now it is a matter of biting the bullet and going forward."
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