"suffer in silence" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: suffers in silence [present, singular, third-person], suffering in silence [participle, present], suffered in silence [participle, past], suffered in silence [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} suffer in silence (third-person singular simple present suffers in silence, present participle suffering in silence, simple past and past participle suffered in silence)
  1. (idiomatic) To tolerate a bad situation without complaining. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-suffer_in_silence-en-verb-qrcd2P8K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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