like it or lump it
English
Pronunciation
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Verb
- 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.