Verb
turn the other cheek (third-person singular simple present turns the other cheek, present participle turning the other cheek, simple past and past participle turned the other cheek)
(idiomatic) To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.
Turn the other cheek too often and you get a razor through it. John Lydon
[on reacting to racism] I don't wanna be the better person. I don't wanna rise above it. I do wanna sink down to their level. I am not gonna turn the other cheek. "I'mma gonna show you what cheek I'mma turn, OK!" Margaret Cho
It has never been my nature, I regret to admit to the House, to turn the other cheek. Denis Healey
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek. Kenny Rogers
If someone humiliates and hurts us, it is difficult to give them a second chance and turn the other cheek. They might just take another swing at us, we are not ready for that kind of abuse. Who needs it? Michael Elmore-Meegan
The Sermon on the Mount-it never ends for you, does it? If somebody kicks your right buttock, turn the other cheek. James K. Morrow