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settle for
verb
- intr, preposition to accept or agree to in spite of dispute or dissatisfaction
Idioms and Phrases
Accept or be satisfied with as a compromise, as in He really wanted a bigger raise but decided to settle for what they offered . [Mid-1900s]Example Sentences
English qualifier O'Connor got 12 reds and 12 blacks into a maximum attempt in frame seven, but landed awkwardly on the 13th red and had to settle for a break of 96.
So next time the munchies hit, don’t settle for gas station beige.
No longer must you settle for whatever pouch of powder or crumbling fungi was left in your dealer’s stash.
Having to settle for second place again in the Premier League and going out of the FA Cup has started to test the patience for some supporters - even though other sections say injuries to players - plus the obvious lack of a striker have been a mitigating factor.
“They probably spent close to $2 or $3 million dollars on their lawyers, trying to fight a case that we offered to settle for $500,000 in 2018,” he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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