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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Isee 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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.