stand up and take it

VERB

bite the bullet

Synonyms

WEAK

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

Example Sentences

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stand up and take it

"I'm going to stand up and take it," he says.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I can stand up and take it now," a soldier brags.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes, I'm going to preach; that's my business; so stand up and take it like men.'

From Jo's Boys by Alcott, Louisa May

You had to learn to stand up and take it when things got rough, he reminded himself.

From Brain Twister by Garrett, Randall