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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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grin and bear it

Part of Speechverb

To endure a difficult or disagreeable situation with good humour.

In a Sentence

“They made me work the Saturday of our wedding anniversary. What could I say? I just had to grin and bear it.”

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Synonyms

grit one's teethtake it like a man

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Related Words

suck it uptake one's lumpslump itswallow a bitter pillride with the punchessuck it up, buttercuptake on the chin

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