"grit one's teeth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: grits one's teeth [present, singular, third-person], gritting one's teeth [participle, present], gritted one's teeth [participle, past], gritted one's teeth [past], grit one's teeth [nonstandard, participle, past], grit one's teeth [nonstandard, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=grit one's teeth|past2_qual=nonstandard}} grit one's teeth (third-person singular simple present grits one's teeth, present participle gritting one's teeth, simple past and past participle gritted one's teeth or (nonstandard) grit one's teeth)
  1. To clench one's teeth together tightly because of pain, anger, frustration, or self-assurance. Categories (topical): Anger Related terms: bit between one's teeth Translations (clench one's teeth together): صَرَّ أَسْنَانَهُ (ṣarra ʔasnānahu) (Arabic), غزز سنانه (ḡazzaz snānu) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), сашчамля́ць зу́бы (saščamljácʹ zúby) [imperfective] (Belarusian), сашчамі́ць зу́бы (saščamícʹ zúby) [perfective] (Belarusian), 咬牙 (yǎoyá) (Chinese Mandarin), knarsetanden (Dutch), kiristellä hampaitaan (Finnish), kiristellä hampaita (Finnish), purra hammasta (Finnish), serrer les dents (French), die Zähne zusammenbeißen (German), σφίγγω τα δόντια (sfíngo ta dóntia) (Greek), חָרַק שִׁנַּיִם (ẖaráq shináyim) (Hebrew), digrignare i denti (Italian), stringere i denti (Italian), 歯を食いしばる (ha o kuishibaru) (alt: はをくいしばる) (Japanese), 이를 악물다 (i-reul angmulda) (Korean), għażżaż snienu (Maltese), bite tennene sammen (Norwegian Bokmål), zaciskać zęby [imperfective] (Polish), zacisnąć zęby [perfective] (Polish), ranger os dentes (Portuguese), сти́скивать зу́бы (stískivatʹ zúby) [imperfective] (Russian), сти́снуть зу́бы (stísnutʹ zúby) (english: clench teeth) [perfective] (Russian), скрежета́ть зуба́ми (skrežetátʹ zubámi) (english: grind teeth) [imperfective] (Russian), скрипе́ть зуба́ми (skripétʹ zubámi) (english: creak teeth) [imperfective] (Russian), apretar los dientes (Spanish), bita ihop (tänderna) (Swedish), gnissla tänder (note: in anger) (Swedish), pagngalatin (Tagalog), lumangutngot (Tagalog), зці́плювати зу́би (zcípljuvaty zúby) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зці́пити зу́би (zcípyty zúby) [perfective] (Ukrainian), сти́снути зу́би (stýsnuty zúby) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-grit_one's_teeth-en-verb-Zx2aYBRL Disambiguation of Anger: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of "clench one's teeth together": 96 4
  2. (idiomatic) To face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation and deal with it. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: face up to, bite the bullet, grin and bear it, suck it up Translations (face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it): сашчамля́ць зу́бы (saščamljácʹ zúby) [imperfective] (Belarusian), сашчамі́ць зу́бы (saščamícʹ zúby) [perfective] (Belarusian), 咬緊牙關 (Chinese Mandarin), 咬紧牙关 (yǎojǐnyáguān) (Chinese Mandarin), door de zure appel heen bijten (Dutch), purra hammasta (Finnish), serrer les dents (French), die Zähne zusammenbeißen (German), in den sauren Apfel beißen (German), σφίγγω τα δόντια (sfíngo ta dóntia) (Greek), stringere i denti (Italian), 歯を食いしばる (ha o kuishibaru) (alt: はをくいしばる) (Japanese), 歯軋りする (hagishiri suru) (alt: はぎしりする) (Japanese), 이를 악물다 (i-reul angmulda) (Korean), bite tennene sammen (Norwegian Bokmål), zaciskać zęby [imperfective] (Polish), zacisnąć zęby [perfective] (Polish), сти́скивать зу́бы (stískivatʹ zúby) [imperfective] (Russian), сти́снуть зу́бы (stísnutʹ zúby) [perfective] (Russian), bita ihop (Swedish), зці́плювати зу́би (zcípljuvaty zúby) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), зці́пити зу́би (zcípyty zúby) [perfective] (Ukrainian), сти́снути зу́би (stýsnuty zúby) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-grit_one's_teeth-en-verb-OO5TRPeh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English predicates: 42 58 Disambiguation of 'face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it': 4 96

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "zcípljuvaty zúby",
          "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
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          "word": "зці́плювати зу́би"
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          "roman": "zcípyty zúby",
          "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
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          "roman": "stýsnuty zúby",
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          "text": "There's a storm coming, so I grit my teeth and start rowing with all my might.",
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          "ref": "1964 July, “Tokaido line trouble”, in Modern Railways, page 52",
          "text": "Japan's revolutionary New Tokaido Line, the 310-mile, 150 m.p.h. route between Tokyo and Osaka that is due to open for passenger traffic in October, has run into the same kind of budgetary trouble that held up our own LMR electrification, though the Japanese Government, unlike our own, has apparently gritted its teeth and allowed the project to go ahead to planned completion.",
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          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "сашчамля́ць зу́бы"
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "saščamícʹ zúby",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "сашчамі́ць зу́бы"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "word": "咬緊牙關"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǎojǐnyáguān",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
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          "word": "door de zure appel heen bijten"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "word": "die Zähne zusammenbeißen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "word": "in den sauren Apfel beißen"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sfíngo ta dóntia",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "word": "σφίγγω τα δόντια"
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          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "word": "stringere i denti"
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          "word": "歯を食いしばる"
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          "alt": "はぎしりする",
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          "roman": "hagishiri suru",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
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          "roman": "i-reul angmulda",
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          "word": "이를 악물다"
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          "word": "bite tennene sammen"
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          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
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          "word": "zaciskać zęby"
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          "roman": "stískivatʹ zúby",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "word": "bita ihop"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zcípljuvaty zúby",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "зці́плювати зу́би"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zcípyty zúby",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "зці́пити зу́би"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stýsnuty zúby",
          "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сти́снути зу́би"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "grit one's teeth"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English predicates",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Anger"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "grits one's teeth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gritting one's teeth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "gritted one's teeth",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gritted one's teeth",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grit one's teeth",
      "tags": [
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grit one's teeth",
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard",
        "past"
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      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "grit one's teeth",
        "past2_qual": "nonstandard"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bit between one's teeth"
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, \"Story\" (Shield Knight), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch, scene: ending",
          "text": "[Shield Knight] LOOKED WITH DREAD THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ENCHANTRESS. SHE WAS TRAPPED AGAIN! SHIELD KNIGHT GRIT HER TEETH. SHOVEL KNIGHT WOULDN'T GIVE UP, AND NEITHER WOULD SHE.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clench one's teeth together tightly because of pain, anger, frustration, or self-assurance."
      ],
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          "pain",
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        ],
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        [
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          "self-assurance",
          "self-assurance"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "There's a storm coming, so I grit my teeth and start rowing with all my might.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1964 July, “Tokaido line trouble”, in Modern Railways, page 52",
          "text": "Japan's revolutionary New Tokaido Line, the 310-mile, 150 m.p.h. route between Tokyo and Osaka that is due to open for passenger traffic in October, has run into the same kind of budgetary trouble that held up our own LMR electrification, though the Japanese Government, unlike our own, has apparently gritted its teeth and allowed the project to go ahead to planned completion.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation and deal with it."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "face up to",
          "face up to"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
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        [
          "disagreeable",
          "disagreeable"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation and deal with it."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "face up to"
        },
        {
          "word": "bite the bullet"
        },
        {
          "word": "grin and bear it"
        },
        {
          "word": "suck it up"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣarra ʔasnānahu",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "صَرَّ أَسْنَانَهُ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡazzaz snānu",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "غزز سنانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "saščamljácʹ zúby",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сашчамля́ць зу́бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "saščamícʹ zúby",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сашчамі́ць зу́бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎoyá",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "咬牙"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "knarsetanden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "kiristellä hampaitaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "kiristellä hampaita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "purra hammasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "serrer les dents"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "die Zähne zusammenbeißen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sfíngo ta dóntia",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "σφίγγω τα δόντια"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ẖaráq shináyim",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "חָרַק שִׁנַּיִם"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "digrignare i denti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "stringere i denti"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はをくいしばる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ha o kuishibaru",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "歯を食いしばる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "i-reul angmulda",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "이를 악물다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "għażżaż snienu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "bite tennene sammen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "bite tennene sammen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaciskać zęby"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zacisnąć zęby"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "ranger os dentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stískivatʹ zúby",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сти́скивать зу́бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "clench teeth",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stísnutʹ zúby",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сти́снуть зу́бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "grind teeth",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrežetátʹ zubámi",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скрежета́ть зуба́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "creak teeth",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skripétʹ zubámi",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скрипе́ть зуба́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "apretar los dientes"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "bita ihop (tänderna)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "in anger",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "gnissla tänder"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "pagngalatin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "word": "lumangutngot"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zcípljuvaty zúby",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зці́плювати зу́би"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zcípyty zúby",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зці́пити зу́би"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stýsnuty zúby",
      "sense": "clench one's teeth together",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сти́снути зу́би"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "saščamljácʹ zúby",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сашчамля́ць зу́бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "saščamícʹ zúby",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сашчамі́ць зу́бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "咬緊牙關"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎojǐnyáguān",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "咬紧牙关"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "door de zure appel heen bijten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "purra hammasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "serrer les dents"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "die Zähne zusammenbeißen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "in den sauren Apfel beißen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sfíngo ta dóntia",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "σφίγγω τα δόντια"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "stringere i denti"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はをくいしばる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ha o kuishibaru",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "歯を食いしばる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はぎしりする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hagishiri suru",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "歯軋りする"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "i-reul angmulda",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "이를 악물다"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "bite tennene sammen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaciskać zęby"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zacisnąć zęby"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stískivatʹ zúby",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сти́скивать зу́бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stísnutʹ zúby",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сти́снуть зу́бы"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "word": "bita ihop"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zcípljuvaty zúby",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зці́плювати зу́би"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zcípyty zúby",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "зці́пити зу́би"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stýsnuty zúby",
      "sense": "face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сти́снути зу́би"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grit one's teeth"
}

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