like it or lump it
informalIf you tell someone to like it or lump it, you mean that person must accept a situation they do not like, because it cannot be changed:
Like it or lump it, romantic fiction is read regularly by thousands.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
- acquiescent
- bend to sth
- capitulate
- cave in
- come to heel idiom
- compromise
- condescend
- defer
- meet
- meet sb halfway idiom
- not take sth lying down idiom
- philosophical
- relent
- resign
- resort
- resort to sth
- sell
- surrender
- swallow
- trade
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