like it or lump it

English

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Verb

like it or lump it

1. to accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.

   We're going to stay home this year. No holidays. You can like it or lump it.

   • 1903, George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Act III:

     I see you don't like that, any of you; but it's true, for all that; so if you don't like it you can lump it.