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 loss stung, but Stankiewicz and his players have no choice but to focus on the journey ahead.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

"We have no choice but to reverse the denial of Murdaugh's motion for a new trial due to Hill's improper external influence on the jury."

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

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

They have no choice but to pay today’s high prices, raising cargo costs so dramatically that reliable routes for food and goods become unprofitable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

If I’d done everything right the big ones wouldn’t have no choice but to come barreling out of the cattails and snatch at the flies.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

have no choice

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