suck it up
verbEtymology Probably a variation of the expression suck up your chest, meaning roughly compose yourself, bear your troubles, stand tall, and proceed.
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Idiomatic, Slang To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.
- Some students suck it up and meet the challenge. Others look around wildly for someone to blame.2001 January 8, Ben Marcus, “Graded By My Students”, in Time:
- Synonyms
- be a man, deal with it, grin and bear it, lump it, man up, push through it, save the drama for your mama, take it like a man