bite the bullet
v.v. to do something painful or unpleasant but necessary — often used when you have no choice but to face a difficult situation.
v. to endure or accept something unpleasant that is necessary or unavoidable. Commonly used in contexts of decision-making or confrontation.
I had to bite the bullet and tell my boss about the mistake.
The company had no choice but to bite the bullet and close the loss-making factory.
Facing the inevitable decline of the industry, the CEO decided to bite the bullet and restructure the entire business model.
The phrasal verb is intransitive and typically used without a direct object. It is often followed by a clause explaining the difficult choice.
bite the bullet to fix the problembite the bullet and fix the problemThe phrasal verb is intransitive — it does not take a direct object directly after it; the action following is usually introduced by a conjunction.