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come to terms
come to terms with . Reconcile oneself to, as in He'd been trying to come to terms with his early life . [Mid-1800s]
Reach an agreement, as in The landlord and his tenants soon came to terms regarding repairs . [Early 1700s]
Example Sentences
Younger Americans “too often” feel their parents "overlook" their very real financial challenges, and feel their parents can’t “come to terms with the fact that their lives aren’t a bed of roses,” Dr. Michael Kane, a psychiatrist specialized in family medicine, told Salon in an email response to the Savings.com survey.
He had come to terms with his death sentence, the prospect of lethal injection always looming, when due to political churns out of his control, San Quentin’s death row was itself declared at an end.
And it added that: "The Tory Party has not come to terms with its defeat last year, nor with the 14 years which preceded it... We are in massive trouble and are not solving our problems because we're not admitting to them."
McKenna, meanwhile, admitted he had come to terms with the prospect of relegation following the 2-1 defeat by Wolves at Portman Road earlier this month.
"It terrifies me still. I feel I have lost so much of me... I'm not sure I will ever come to terms with that."
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