Idiom
rip off the band-aid
Meaning
To perform a painful or unpleasant, but necessary, action quickly so as to minimize the pain or fear associated with it.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need to rip off the band-aid and tell him the truth.”
“Instead of waiting for the right moment, she decided to rip off the band-aid and resign from her job immediately.”
“Rather than prolonging the inevitable anxiety of the situation, he chose to rip off the band-aid and deliver the difficult news to the entire team at once.”
Examples
simple
“I need to rip off the band-aid and tell him the truth.”
contextual
“Instead of waiting for the right moment, she decided to rip off the band-aid and resign from her job immediately.”
complex
“Rather than prolonging the inevitable anxiety of the situation, he chose to rip off the band-aid and deliver the difficult news to the entire team at once.”
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