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settle for
verb as in agree to
Example Sentences
“This is a warning shot. Workers aren’t going to settle for nothing,” Eisen said.
This set-up is illegal and unsafe, but Kadir tells me his family would rather take the risk and make their own meals, than settle for the free hotel restaurant fare provided.
But a Mater Dei illegal procedure penalty and little time left the Monarchs to settle for a 23-yard field goal to tie the score.
Lyles' American team-mate Kenny Bednarek had to settle for silver – his fourth in a row across the last four Olympic and world championships.
But for the second time in the game, they could not convert the opportunity into a touchdown and had to settle for another field goal.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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