grit teeth

grit your teeth

to accept a difficult situation and deal with it in a determined way. I can't do anything to change the situation so I'll just have to grit my teeth and put up with it.

See also: teeth

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grit your teeth

1. to decide to deal with an unpleasant or difficult situation. You may as well grit your teeth and accept that air travel is going to get worse before it gets better.

2. to deal with something in a determined way. When a test came along, I just gritted my teeth and studied harder because I knew I had to improve my grades.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of grit your teeth (= to press your teeth tightly together)

See also: teeth