have to live with

have to live with (something)

To have to accept something, typically something that one is not entirely content with. The trim looks kind of sloppy, but I'll just have to live with it, unless I want to redo the whole thing.
See also: have, live
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

have to live with something

to have to endure something. I have a slight limp in the leg that I broke last year. The doctor says I'll have to live with it. We don't like the carpeting in the living room, but since money is so tight we'll have to live with it.
See also: have, live
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • all right
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • (one) could use (something)
  • a ghost at the feast
  • (one) doesn't give a rip (about something)
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • a fast talker
References in periodicals archive
All of which is easier said than done when you have to live with egos bigger than Mount Everest.
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