suck it up

English

Etymology

Probably an variation of the expression "suck up your chest," meaning roughly "compose yourself, bear your troubles, stand tall, and proceed."

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)

1. (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.

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

Translations

to put up with

• Finnish: kestää (fi), sietää (fi)