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embrace verb ▶ embrace the suck to accept the worst of a situation with fervour US A modern, slangy adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s “in the destructive element immerse yourself” of Lord Jim.- Embrace the suck. That’s my new motto. “Embrace The Suck.” Catchy, no? — rec.music.filk, 14 September 2000
- “Embrace the suck,” we bade one another before falling asleep, for there was nothing good to say about this night. — Rick Atkinson, In the Company of Soldiers, p. 164, 2004
- “Embrace the suck”: Phrase heard in OIF1. Translation: The situation is bad, but deal with it. — Austin Bay, Embrace the Suck, p. 17, 2007
- The brownouts just give us one more opportunity to live up to the old Army adage of “embracing the suck.” — Craig Olson, So This is War, p. 25, 2007
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