Idiom
grit one's teeth
Meaning
To face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation and deal with it.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I have to grit my teeth and finish this boring report.”
“She had to grit her teeth and listen to his complaints for an hour during the meeting.”
“He had to grit his teeth and endure the harsh criticism from his supervisor, knowing that losing his temper would only jeopardize his career prospects.”
Examples
simple
“I have to grit my teeth and finish this boring report.”
contextual
“She had to grit her teeth and listen to his complaints for an hour during the meeting.”
complex
“He had to grit his teeth and endure the harsh criticism from his supervisor, knowing that losing his temper would only jeopardize his career prospects.”
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