Come-to-terms-with Definition

verb
(idiomatic) To resolve a conflict with.
She finally came to terms with her addictions at her third rehab clinic and rarely drank again.
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(idiomatic) To accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful.

Until he comes to terms with the likelihood of failure, he will not succeed.
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Come-to-terms-with Sentence Examples

  • Dean sensed his wife looked forward to the service and it helped her to come to terms with her son's sudden marriage.

  • Once that fact had gnawed at him, but he had come to terms with it.

  • She didn't move away from him, the first sign she'd given that maybe she had come to terms with their relationship moving to the next level.

  • She had come to terms with her part in the surrogacy, but still wasn't sure it was moral.

  • Meanwhile the failure to come to terms with Charles and provide a settlement appeared to threaten a general anarchy.

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