have no choice

VERB

bite the bullet

Synonyms

WEAK

be forced bow to fate cross the Rubicon face the music know no alternative leap into the breach pay the piper seize the opportunity stand up and take it suck it up swallow the pill take it take one's medicine take the rap

VERB

must

Synonyms

STRONG

have need

WEAK

be compelled be destined be directed be doomed be driven be made be necessitated be obliged be one's fate be ordered be required got to have got to have to must needs pushed to the wall

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The full tax relief, if implemented, might not materialize for drivers, because suppliers may have some pricing power, while drivers have no choice but to pay the pump price, Smetters said.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

At the same time, “As the money dries up because of the blockade, we may find that more and more folks have no choice but to mobilize politically,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Rising fuel costs have now become a growing financial pressure on families like Naomi's, who have no choice but to travel.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

"If they want to sustainably exceed a 10 percent market share in Europe, they will have no choice but to assemble in Europe," confirmed Foundoukidis.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

It’s the kind of silence that goes on for so long that you have no choice but to fill in the blanks and decide what other people are saying for them.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

have no choice

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