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grit one's teeth1Clench one’s teeth, especially when faced with something unpleasant: grit your teeth and splash yourself with cold water!...- He gritted his teeth, clenched his jaw, and tried to shut everything around him out.
- He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he strode through the hall of the large hospital.
- All I can say is: grit your teeth, clench your fists, be prepared… for lots of bad stuff.
Synonyms clench, clamp together, press together, shut tightly; grate, grind, gnash, scrape, rasp 1.1Resolve to do something difficult or unpleasant: Parliament must grit its teeth and take action...- Despite the huge losses, Granada have gritted their teeth and stumped up an extra £25m to invest in its programme schedule, on top of £750m already earmarked.
- I'm sure nobody believed us, but we stuck with it, gritted our teeth, and refused to contemplate the idea of failure.
- Well, since the editor of the magazine had incurred costs, I felt morally obliged to help him out, so I gritted my teeth and revised the article.
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