grin and bear it

grin and bear it
grin and bear it
To endure pain or misfortune stoically
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Main Entry: ↑grin

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grin and bear it phrase
to accept a difficult situation without complaining or without showing how you feel
Thesaurus: to be patient, and to not complain too muchsynonym
Main entry: grin

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see grin
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suffer pain or misfortune in a stoical manner

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grin and bear it — see ↑grin
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Main Entry: ↑bear
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grin and bear it
: to accept something that you do not like because you have no choice

I don't agree with their decision, but all I can do is grin and bear it.

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Main Entry: ↑grin

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grin and ˈbear it idiom
(only used as an infinitive and in orders) to accept pain, disappointment or a difficult situation without complaining

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There's nothing we can do about it. We'll just have to grin and bear it.

Main entry: ↑grinidiom

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  • grin and bear it — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be as cheerful as possible in pain or trouble; do something without complaining. * /The doctor told Mrs. Howard that she had to stop eating sweets if she wanted to lose weight, and she tried to grin and bear it./ * /If… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • grin and bear it — {v. phr.}, {informal} To be as cheerful as possible in pain or trouble; do something without complaining. * /The doctor told Mrs. Howard that she had to stop eating sweets if she wanted to lose weight, and she tried to grin and bear it./ * /If… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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