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suck_it_up
suck it up
English
Verb
suck it up (third-person singular simple present sucks it up, present participle sucking it up, simple past and past participle sucked it up)
- (idiomatic) To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.
- 2001, Ben Marcus, "Graded By My Students," Time, 8 Jan.:
- Some students suck it up and meet the challenge. Others look around wildly for someone to blame.
- 2001, Ben Marcus, "Graded By My Students," Time, 8 Jan.:
Synonyms
- (put up with something): be a man (about something), grin and bear it, lump it, push through it, take it like a man, deal with it, man up