| Main Entry: | face the music |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept the consequences |
Synonyms: |
be punished, bite the bullet, bite the bullet, come to grips with, face the facts, face up to, face up to it, grin and bear it, grin and bear it, look square in the eye, make one's bed and lie on it, pay the piper, pay the piper, swallow the pill, swallow the pill, take one's lumps, take one's lumps, take one's medicine, take one's medicine, take the consequences |
| Main Entry: | bite the bullet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure pain bravely |
Synonyms: |
be forced, bow to fate, cross the Rubicon, face the music, have no choice, know no alternative, leap into the breach, pay the piper, seize the opportunity, stand up and take it, suck it up, swallow the pill, take it, take one's medicine, take the rap |
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
Synonyms: |
accost, arouse, ask for, assert, beard, brave, call for, call out, claim, confront, cross, dare, defy, demand, denounce, exact, face down, face off, face the music, fly in the face of, hang in, impeach, impose, impugn, inquire, insist upon, investigate, invite competition, make a point of, make a stand, object to, provoke, query, reclaim, require, search out, stand up to, stick it out, stimulate, summon, tax, test, throw down the gauntlet, try, vindicate |
Antonyms: |
agreement, answer, decision, victory |
| Main Entry: | take it |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accept, endure |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, agree, bear with, bite the bullet, capitulate, don't make waves, don't rock the boat, face the music, go along with, grin and bear it, hang tough, live with, play the game, put up with, sit still for, stand for, stick it out, stomach, submit to, suffer, swallow, take, take one's lumps, take one's medicine, tolerate |