resign oneself
idiom
: to accept something that is bad and that cannot be changed
—usually + to
We resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose the game.
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In fact, much of Allison’s writing serves as a warning to break from the pattern, not to resign oneself to it.
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“Resign oneself.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resign%20oneself. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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