suck it up
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Should I just suck it up, pay the $80 and go?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
“You just gotta suck it up, and you gotta work through it,” he said on a recent Sunday, his only day off that week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
After all, I am only in the store a few minutes a week and can readily suck it up and ignore the discombobulatingly inane strains of “Peaceful, Easy Feeling” blaring overhead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
She was shown telling party members to "suck it up" regarding her decisions.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
Because when someone is doing the best they can, you don’t tell them to suck it up.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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