settle for

settle for
phrasal
: to content oneself with : be content with

asked an endowment of two million but had to settle for one

would settle for a tie score

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settle for
To agree to accept (usu as a compromise)
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Main Entry:settle

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ˈsettle for [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they settle for he/she/it settles for present participle settling for past tense settled for past participle settled for] phrasal verb
to accept someone or something that is not exactly what you wanted because you cannot have what you wanted

Injuries and illness forced the team to settle for third place.

settle for second best:

Why settle for second best when you can have something better?

Thesaurus: to make a decisionsynonym
Main entry: settle

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settle for [phrasal verb]
settle for (something) : to be happy or satisfied with (something) : to accept (something)

Neither team would settle for a tie score.

He asked his parents if he could borrow $20 but settled for $10. [=he accepted $10 because that was all they would give him]

I'm determined to win the championship and I won't settle for less.

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Main Entry:settle

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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