Collocations for pill - noun
1. medicine
VERB + pill
pop (informal),
swallow,
take
give sb, prescribe (sb)
The doctor prescribed her some pills to help her sleep.
give sb, prescribe (sb)
The doctor prescribed her some pills to help her sleep.
2. (the pill) to avoid becoming pregnant
VERB + the pill
be on,
go on,
use
prescribe (sb), put sb on
Her doctor put her on the pill at 16.
prescribe (sb), put sb on
Her doctor put her on the pill at 16.
take sb off
come off (esp. BrE), stop taking
come off (esp. BrE), stop taking