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What does grin and bear it mean?

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Verb
  1. To endure a difficult or disagreeable situation with good humour.
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These things happen, though, especially at times when the house market is moving very rapidly, and you're best advised to grin and bear it.
Dov went about his usual business, determined to grin and bear it, and I experienced a combination of emotions heavily laden with guilt.
Yet, the government is applauding itself and saying we will get through all of this, that we should just grin and bear it.
There was no way of ducking the cameras, we had to grin and bear it.
So you just grin and bear it and somehow muddle your way through, always focusing on your kid's desire to have a good day with the other parent.
I told her I had it for years and although it had gotten much worse with pregnancy there was nothing to do but grin and bear it.

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