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rip off the band-aid en · VERB
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(idiomatic, informal) To perform a painful or unpleasant, but necessary, action quickly so as to minimize the pain or fear associated with it.
Look, folks. I don't want to write this recap any more than you want to read it. But let's rip off the Band-Aid and get through this thing together.
2007 May 14, Aldo Cella, “From The Orioles Hangout Page”, in alt.sports.baseball.bos-redsox (Usenet):
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