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"etymology_text": "Probably a variation of the expression \"suck up your chest\", meaning roughly \"compose yourself, bear your troubles, stand tall, and proceed\".",
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"ref": "2001 January 8, Ben Marcus, “Graded By My Students”, in Time",
"text": "Some students suck it up and meet the challenge. Others look around wildly for someone to blame.",
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"To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining."
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"(idiomatic) To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining."
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"english": "about something",
"word": "be a man"
},
{
"word": "deal with it"
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{
"word": "grin and bear it"
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{
"word": "lump it"
},
{
"word": "man up"
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{
"word": "push through it"
},
{
"word": "save the drama for your mama"
},
{
"word": "take it like a man"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put up with",
"word": "kestää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put up with",
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"word": "suck it up"
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"To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining."
],
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[
"deal",
"deal"
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],
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"idiomatic"
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"synonyms": [
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"english": "about something",
"word": "be a man"
},
{
"word": "deal with it"
},
{
"word": "grin and bear it"
},
{
"word": "lump it"
},
{
"word": "man up"
},
{
"word": "push through it"
},
{
"word": "save the drama for your mama"
},
{
"word": "take it like a man"
}
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put up with",
"word": "kestää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to put up with",
"word": "sietää"
}
],
"word": "suck it up"
}
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