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pacis condiciones accipere, subire (opp. repudiare, respuere)to accept the terms of the peace.Rate it:

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pass the buckTo place blame or responsibility onto someone else when someone is not willing to accept blame or responsibility for his or her own actions To make other person accept blame or responsibility which one is not willing to accept for his or her actions Being a leader, you will have to act wise without ever thinking to pass the buck, only then we will support you.Rate it:

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pass upTo refuse (not accept); forgo.Rate it:

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pick up the tabTo accept a charge and pay for it, especially at a bar or restaurant.Rate it:

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populum in deditionem accipereto accept the submission of a people.Rate it:

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potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, note audientia...)to accept battle.Rate it:

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promittere (ad cenam) (Off. 3. 14. 58)to accept an invitiation to dinner.Rate it:

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pull the other legIn imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said.Rate it:

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read inTo accept as input.Rate it:

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roll withTo accept adversity and cope with itRate it:

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Say Cry UncleTo lay down your arms or surrender, to accept defeatRate it:

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seize the day!Prepare to accept, resolve, complete, accomplish the challenges confronting your agendas:Rate it:

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seize uponTo take up, embrace, enact, or turn eagerly to; to grasp, understand, and accept quickly; to adopt wholeheartedly or vigorously.Rate it:

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sell ice to eskimosTo persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.Rate it:

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settle forTo accept or allow something, especially something not entirely desirable.Rate it:

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shut the door onTo refuse to consider, remember, accept, or engage in.Rate it:

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sit stillTo accept, tolerate, or acquiesce.Rate it:

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sorry, we don't accept credit cardssorry, we don't accept credit cardsRate it:

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Stick-in-the-MudA person with old outdated and orthodox ideas who does not like to accept change, unable to cope up or except something new and modernRate it:

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success has many fathers, failure is an orphanMany will seek credit for success, few will accept responsibility for failure.Rate it:

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suck it up, buttercupget over it; accept a difficult situation keep goingRate it:

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suspend one's disbeliefTo willingly accept the premise of a story or work of art for the sake of enjoying it.Rate it:

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swallow a bitter pillTo accept or endure an unpleasant situation.Rate it:

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swallow your pride!To accept that you have to do something that you think is embarrassing or that you think you are too good to do.Rate it:

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take a bowTo accept applause at the end of a performance in a theatre. Often this includes actually bowing to the audience.Rate it:

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take a jokeTo accept a joke at one's expense.Rate it:

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take it or leave itThis phrase is used when something is being proposed. You are being asked to accept or reject it as it is offered, without any changesRate it:

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take it or leave itAccept the proposal or proposition as it is stated or refuse the deal.Rate it:

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take it out inTo accept as payment.Rate it:

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take kindlyTo accept or condone.Rate it:

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take no for an answerTo accept a disappointing response.Rate it:

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take on faithTo accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence.Rate it:

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take on the chinTo accept without flinching or complaining.Rate it:

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take one for the teamTo accept some chore or hardship for the sake of one's friends or colleagues.Rate it:

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take sitting downTo tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action.Rate it:

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take something in strideTo cope with something without much effort; to accept or manage something well.Rate it:

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take the baitTo accept something offered, especially secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.Rate it:

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take the bitter with the sweetTo accept positive things with negative things.Rate it:

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take things as they comeTo accept and deal with events as they occur, with a composed state of mind.Rate it:

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take up the gauntletTo accept a challenge.Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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tollere or suscipere liberosto accept as one's own child; to make oneself responsible for its nurture and education.Rate it:

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turn the other cheekTo accept a punishment or an injury and not act out revenge or retaliate.Rate it:

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what will be, will beWhatever it comes to be, it will be accepted. One must accept the outcome.Rate it:

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wrap one's head aroundTo come to a good understanding of; believe or accept something shocking; also to wrap one's mind aroundRate it:

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your mission, should you choose to accept itYour mission or task; what you must do.Rate it:

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