take something as it comes

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  • Audio (General Australian); take things as they come:(file)

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take something as it comes (third-person singular simple present takes something as it comes, present participle taking something as it comes, simple past took something as it came, past participle taken something as it came)

  1. (idiomatic) To accept and deal with something (an event, etc.) as it occurs, with a composed state of mind.
    take life as it comes
    • 1899 February 5, “Klondike Reminiscences”, in New York Times, page 15:
      There are really no hardships if you take things as they come and make the best of them.
    • 2002 December 27, Sam Lister, “Lost love story of the valiant rifleman”, in Times Online, UK, retrieved 25 July 2008:
      He also urges Louie: “Take things as they come and keep smiling. Keep your spirits up, my dear. Be of good cheer and all will be well.”

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