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like it or lump it

like it or lump it verb: to accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.

Verb

like it or lump it (third-person singular simple present likes it or lumps it, present participle liking it or lumping it, simple past and past participle liked it or lumped it)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.
    • We’re going to stay home this year. No holidays. You can like it or lump it.
    • I see you dont like that, any of you; but its true, for all that; so if you dont like it you can lump it.[1901–1903, [George] Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman. […], Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable & Co., published 1903, →OCLC, Act III, page 118

like it or lump it meaning in Kannada

like it or lump it in Kannada

ಇಷ್ಟಪಡು ಯಾ ಬಿಡು, ಸಹಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು

Synonyms of like it or lump it

Forms of like it or lump it

third-person singular presentlikes it or lumps it
present participleliking it or lumping it
past participleliked it or lumped it
pastliked it or lumped it

Questions about like it or lump it

What does like it or lump it mean?
Like it or lump it means to accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.
What is like it or lump it in Kannada?
Like it or lump it in Kannada is ಇಷ್ಟಪಡು ಯಾ ಬಿಡು, ಸಹಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು. See Like it or lump it meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is like it or lump it?
Like it or lump it is a verb.
What is the past tense of like it or lump it?
The past tense of like it or lump it is liked it or lumped it.

Words near like it or lump it in the dictionary

  1. like hey-go-mad
  2. like hot cakes
  3. like I care
  4. like I cared
  5. like it or leave it
  6. like it or lump it
  7. like it or not
  8. like it's going out of fashion
  9. like it's going out of style
  10. like it's nobody's business
  11. like kicking a dead whale down the beach

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