come to terms with sth
C2 to gradually accept a sad situation, often the death of someone you love:
I think he's still coming to terms with the death of his wife.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Tolerating and enduring
- bear
- bear with sb
- bearable
- bide
- endurance
- endure
- philosophically
- resigned
- ride
- ride sth out
- sit
- sit sth out
- stand for sth
- stew (in your own juice) idiom
- stick
- stick it out
- stick with it idiom
- stick with sth/sb
- struggle on
- sweat it out idiom
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