Lump it
verb phrase
To accept or swallow something one does not like: It was a lousy deal, but I just had to lump it
Related Terms
lumps, like it or lump it
[1791+; fr earlier sense of lump, ”dislike, reject,” probably related to the sense ”strike, thrash”]
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