Verb
grit one's teeth
- To clench one's teeth together tightly because of pain or anger or frustration.
- To face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it.
- There's a storm coming, so I grit my teeth and start rowing with all my might.
Translations
clench one's teeth together
- French: serrer les dents (fr)
- Russian: стискивать зубы (ru) (stískivatʹ zúby) impf., стиснуть зубы (ru) (stísnutʹ zúby) pf. (clench teeth), скрежетать зубами (ru) (skrežetátʹ zubámi) impf. (grind teeth), скрипеть зубами (ru) (skripétʹ zubámi) impf. (creak teeth)
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face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation, and deal with it
- French: serrer les dents (fr)
- Russian: стискивать зубы (ru) (stískivatʹ zúby) impf., стиснуть зубы (ru) (stísnutʹ zúby) pf.
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