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grin and bear it

grin and bear it
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [grin and bair it]
    • /grɪn ænd bɛər ɪt/
    • /ɡrɪn ənd beə(r) ɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [grin and bair it]
    • /grɪn ænd bɛər ɪt/

Definitions of grin and bear it words

  • noun grin and bear it to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint 0
  • noun grin and bear it to accept philosophically something burdensome or painful 0
  • verb grin and bear it To endure a difficult or disagreeable situation with good humour. 0

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Parts of speech for Grin and bear it

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

grin and bear it popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for grin and bear it

verb grin and bear it

  • conform — If something conforms to something such as a law or someone's wishes, it is of the required type or quality.
  • fine-tune — to tune (a radio or television receiver) to produce the optimum reception for the desired station or channel by adjusting a control knob or bar.
  • accustom — If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it.
  • fix — to repair; mend.
  • modify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.

Antonyms for grin and bear it

verb grin and bear it

  • disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
  • disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
  • disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
  • ruinruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.

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