resign (oneself) to (something)
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.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
resign to
v.
To submit oneself passively to something; give in to doing something: Everyone had left for the movie, so I resigned myself to washing the dishes.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- 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