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settle for

verb

  1. (intr, preposition) to accept or agree to in spite of dispute or dissatisfaction

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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]
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Most of us understood the implicit terms of such an agreement: Putin would settle for the land he had illegally seized and controlled, and Ukraine would essentially surrender.

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Maybe “F1” is the kind of blockbuster that Hollywood can get away with right now, but it doesn’t have to be the one that we settle for.

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Maybe “F1” is the kind of blockbuster that Hollywood can get away with right now, but it doesn’t have to be the one that we settle for.

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The sprinter powered past Portuguese-based Cuban Reynier Mena, who had to settle for second after winning the last two Diamond League 200m races.

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Will he settle for cashiering Iran’s nuclear program, insist on its de facto demilitarization, demand "regime change?"

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