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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become or make prepared, adapted |
| Synonyms: | acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, alter, arrange, compose, conform, dispose, do as Romans do, doctor*, fiddle with, fine-tune, fit, fix, fix up, get act together, get it together, grin and bear it, habituate, harmonize, make conform, modify, order, quadrate, reconcile, rectify, redress, regulate, remodel, settle, suit, swim with the tide, tailor, tailor-make, tune |
| Antonyms: | confuse, derange, disarrange, disorder, disorganize, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | countenance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approve, support |
| Synonyms: | abet, accept, advocate, aid, applaud, approbate, back, bear with, champion, commend, condone, confirm, cope, encourage, endorse, favor, get behind, give green light, give stamp of approval, give the nod, go along with, go for, grin and bear it, handle, help, hold with, invite, live with, nod at, okay*, put John Hancock on, put up with, sanction, sign off on, sit still for, smile on, stand for, stomach something, swallow*, thumbs up, uphold |
| Antonyms: | deny, disagree, disapprove, discourage, fight, oppose, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bear hardship |
| Synonyms: | abide, accustom, allow, be patient with, bear the brunt, brave, brook, cope with, countenance, eat, encounter, experience, face, feel, go through, grin and bear it, hang in, keep up, know, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, permit, put up with, repress feelings, resign oneself, ride out, sit through, stand, stick, stick it out, stomach*, subject to, submit to, suffer, support, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take patiently, tolerate, undergo, weather, withstand |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | face the music |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept the consequences |
| Synonyms: | be punished, bite the bullet, bite the bullet, come to grips with, face the facts, face up to, face up to it, grin and bear it, grin and bear it, look square in the eye, make one's bed and lie on it, pay the piper, pay the piper, swallow the pill, swallow the pill, take one's lumps, take one's lumps, take one's medicine, take one's medicine, take the consequences |
| Main Entry: | hang tough |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | be patient with, bear, bear the brunt, brave, cope with, face, go through, grin and bear it, gut it out, hang in, hang in there, keep up, live out, live through, meet with, never say die, put up with, ride out, sit through, stand, stick in there, stick it out, stomach*, suffer, swallow*, take, take it, tough it out, weather, withstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do a favor or kindness |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, aid, assist, avail, bend over backward, benefit, come around, contribute, convenience, don't make waves, favor, fill the bill, fit in, go fifty-fifty, gratify, grin and bear it, help, indulge, make a deal, make room, meet halfway, please, profit, put oneself out, roll with it, serve, swim with the tide, take it, toe the mark |
| Antonyms: | be mean |
| Main Entry: | overlook |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make allowances for |
| Synonyms: | bear with, blink at, condone, disregard, excuse, forgive, go along with, grin and bear it, handle, ignore, let bygones be bygones, let go, let pass, live with, look the other way, pay no mind, play past, put up with, roll with punches, stand for, stomach, swim with the tide, take, tune out, turn blind eye to, whitewash, wink at, wipe slate clean |
| Notes: | overlook (verb) means to look past or fail to notice, while oversee (verb) means to watch and direct |
| Antonyms: | deny, prevent, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure |
| Synonyms: | abide, bear, bear up under, brook, get on with, go, grin and bear it, last, persist, put up with, see through, stand, stay, stomach*, suffer, support, take, take it, tolerate, weather |
| Antonyms: | disobey, forget, refuse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
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