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settle for something

to agree to accept something (even though something else would be better). We wanted a redone, but settled for a blue one. \I\Ask your grocer for Wilson's canned corn—the best corn in cans. Don't settle for less.

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Accept what you cannot change, but never settle for anything below your standards. Personal Success Strategies - Your Personal Integrity Meter by Ken Donaldson / Self Improvement community So, if you owed $3000 to a creditor that agreed to settle for $1500, then you will have to claim $1500 on your taxes as taxable income. What Is Debt Settlement? by Sharon Chennault / Finance and Investment community For it seems to me that questioners often tire and want to rest if not settle for good. Editor's note--question or settle? by Wood, Wendy / AJOT: American Journal of Occupational Therapy			set the stage for set the table set the tone set the wheels in motion set the world on fire set to set to do set to music set to work set tongues wagging set type set up set up against set up as set up for life set up housekeeping set up shop set up shop somewhere set upon settle settle a score settle a score with settle affairs settle down settle down to settle for settle hash settle in settle into settle old scores settle on settle stomach settle up with seven seven-year itch seventh sever ties with several several irons in the fire sew sew up sewed up sex sez shack up shackle with shade shades of shadow shadow of oneself shady			settle accounts settle accounts settle accounts settle accounts settle accounts settle accounts with settle affairs settle affairs settle affairs settle affairs settle amicably settle an account settle back Settle bed settle by authoritative decision settle by conciliation settle by covenant settle by decree Settle Carlisle Railway Business Liaison Group settle differences settle disputes settle down settle down settle down settle down settle down to settle estate settle estate settle estate settle firmly settle for settle hash settle hash settle hash settle hash settle in settle in settle in settle in advance Settle in Cash settle in one’s mind settle into settle old scores settle on settle on settle on settle on settle on by deliberate will settle on or upon settle order on notice Settle price Settle Prices settle stomach settle terms settle the score settle the score settle the score settle the score settle the score settle the score Settle time

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