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biting the bullet
| Main Entry: |
bite the bullet
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure pain bravely |
| Synonyms: | be forced, bow to fate, cross the Rubicon, face the music, have no choice, know no alternative, leap into the breach, pay the piper, seize the opportunity, stand up and take it, suck it up, swallow the pill, take it, take one's medicine, take the rap |
| Main Entry: | stomach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, tolerate |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, bear with, bite the bullet, brook, digest, grin and bear it, live with, put up with, reconcile oneself, resign oneself, stand, submit to, suffer, swallow, sweat, take, tolerate |
| Antonyms: | refuse, reject |
| Main Entry: | take it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept, endure |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, agree, bear with, bite the bullet, capitulate, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, face the music, go along with, grin and bear it, hang tough, live with, play the game, put up with, sit still for, stand for, stick it out, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, take one's lumps, take one's medicine, tolerate |
| Main Entry: | come to grips with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deal with |
| Synonyms: | bear, bite the bullet, brace, brave, confront, contend, cope with, endure, face, go to the mat, grapple with, make a stand, stomach, suffer, sustain, take, withstand |
| Main Entry: | cross the Rubicon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a decisive step |
| Synonyms: | bite the bullet, choose one's fate, jump in with both feet, leap into the breach, leave a crossroads, make one's move, pass the Rubicon, prendre la balle au bond, take for better or worse, take the bull by the horns, take the plunge |
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