resign 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 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.
See also: resign
The American Heritage® Dictionary of 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
References in periodicals archive
I want to threaten to resign to see whether I will get the pay that I deserve.
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Lesko is the second GOP state senator to resign to run for Congress in recent weeks.
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Inquirer.net's #INQPoll, which was posted on Monday afternoon, asked the public on their level of agreement with the Palace's statement urging Sereno to resign to spare the Supreme Court from further damage.
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But they should resign to ensure free and fair inquiry," said a student, who wished to be not named.
JNUSU chief rapped for going public
In late November of last year, the YSK announced that ministers who occupy a post in the government need not resign to be eligible to compete in local elections.
Calls grow stronger on PM to resign on road to presidential palace
Does the chief resign to the council or to the people or to the band manager?
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With the move to reform the USOC underway, many thought that Ward should also resign to give the organization a clean slate.
Lloyd Ward: victim or villain? In an exclusive interview, the former U.S. Olympic Committee CEO tells his side about what led to his ouster. Was it a nasty campaign to discredit him, or did his unpopular business practices and management style derail his career?
Vice-chairman George McLachlan said: "The directors of the football club will step aside in the next 48 hours and will resign to enable a new board to be formed.
FOOTBALL : Accies board ready to quit