resign oneself to

resign (oneself) to (something)

To accept that one must do, undertake, or endure something. I've resigned myself to the fact that I will be hated by my peers, but I stand by my decision to act as a whistleblower. He once had artistic aspiration, but he's resigned himself to a career of office drudgery.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

resign oneself to something

to accept something reluctantly. I finally resigned myself to going to Mexico even though I didn't want to. Mary resigned herself to her fate.
See also: resign
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • not stand for (something)
  • not stand still for (something)
  • not stand the sight of (someone or something)
  • suck it up
  • not bear the sight of (someone or something)
  • basinful
  • have had a basinful
  • have had a basinful (of something)
  • take (something) lying down
  • take lying down
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