| 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: | 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 |