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suck it up

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 stand up and take it swallow the pill take it take one's medicine take the rap

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Is there any way I can reduce my insurance rate, or do I just need to suck it up and shell out the money?

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

“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

And his father told him just to take a pill and suck it up.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2024

I suck it up, literally suck it up by taking a deep breath, and put the boots on the table.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

suck it up

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