suck it up
English edit
Etymology edit
Probably a variation of the expression "suck up your chest", meaning roughly "compose yourself, bear your troubles, stand tall, and proceed".
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
suck it up (third-person singular simple present sucks it up, present participle sucking it up, simple past and past participle sucked it up)
- (idiomatic) To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.
- 2001 January 8, Ben Marcus, “Graded By My Students”, in Time:
- Some students suck it up and meet the challenge. Others look around wildly for someone to blame.
Synonyms edit
- be a man (about something)
- 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