"come to terms" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come to terms.ogg Forms: comes to terms [present, singular, third-person], coming to terms [participle, present], came to terms [past], come to terms [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to terms}} come to terms (third-person singular simple present comes to terms, present participle coming to terms, simple past came to terms, past participle come to terms)
  1. (idiomatic, of two or more parties, often with a prepositional phrase) To reach an agreement or settle a dispute. Tags: idiomatic, often Derived forms: come to terms with Related terms: come to grips
    Sense id: en-come_to_terms-en-verb-sQOrsqjX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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