suck it up

Verb

Meaning

suck it up (third-person singular simple present sucks it up, present participle sucking it up, simple past and past participle sucked it up)

(idiomatic) To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

push through man up deal with be a man lump it grin and bear it take it like a man

Examples

Even though I'm president of the United States, my power is not limitless. So I can't dive down there and plug the hole. I can't suck it up with a straw. All I can do is make sure that I put honest, hard-working smart people in place ... to implement this thing." Barack Obama

You slam the bottom and either walk away or suck it up and get through it. Gabrielle Reece

Sometimes you have to suck it up and call a number. Darrell Royal

Close letter words and terms

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