settle for
Example Sentences
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I didn’t want to settle for a fake date.
From Literature
McCollum’s system was founded on a simple principle: Do not settle for anything less than exactly the shot you want.
You should never settle for “good enough” when better, or best, is available.
From Los Angeles Times
But Hocker had no response to Kerr's dash for gold and had to settle for silver, with Frenchman Yann Schrub taking bronze.
From BBC
It is that what he was willing to settle for was far less than what he initially demanded.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
