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take the consequences

VERB

face the music

Synonyms

WEAK

be punished bite the bullet come to grips with face the facts face up to face up to it grin and bear it look square in the eye make one's bed and lie on it pay the piper swallow the pill take one's lumps take one's medicine

Example Sentences

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"I am the one responsible for the defeats and I will always take the consequences from that," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

“He had to take the consequences of what he said,” Molina said in her Cal State Fullerton oral history.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2023

Yet, there seems little appetite in the industry to take the consequences of that type of coverage seriously.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2022

He now owns it all and will take the consequences.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2021

Just find what's true, hold it up, and take the consequences without whining.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell