grit one's teeth

English

Verb

grit one's teeth

1. To clench one's teeth together tightly because of pain or anger or frustration.
2. To face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it.

   There's a storm coming, so I grit my teeth and start rowing with all my might.

   Synonyms: face up to, bite the bullet, grin and bear it, suck it up

Translations

clench one's teeth together

• Finnish: kiristellä hampaitaan, kiristellä hampaita, purra hammasta
• French: serrer les dents (fr)
• Italian: digrignare i denti, stringere i denti
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• Russian: сти́скивать зу́бы impf (stískivatʹ zúby), сти́снуть зу́бы pf (stísnutʹ zúby) (clench teeth), скрежета́ть зуба́ми impf (skrežetátʹ zubámi) (grind teeth), скрипе́ть зуба́ми (ru) impf (skripétʹ zubámi) (creak teeth)
• Swedish: gnida tänderna mot varandra
• Tagalog: pagngalatin, lumangutngot

face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it

• Finnish: purra hammasta
• French: serrer les dents (fr)
• German: die Zähne zusammenbeißen (de)
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• Italian: stringere i denti
• Russian: сти́скивать зу́бы impf (stískivatʹ zúby), сти́снуть зу́бы pf (stísnutʹ zúby)