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lump it

lump it verb: to endure, accept, put up with a situation one does not like.

Verb

lump it (third-person singular simple present lumps it, present participle lumping it, simple past and past participle lumped it)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To endure, accept, put up with a situation one does not like.
    • Sorry, but you'll just have to lump it.

Forms of lump it

third-person singular presentlumps it
present participlelumping it
past participlelumped it
pastlumped it

Questions about lump it

What does lump it mean?
Lump it means to endure, accept, put up with a situation one does not like.
What part of speech is lump it?
Lump it is a verb.
What is the past tense of lump it?
The past tense of lump it is lumped it.

Words near lump it in the dictionary

  1. LUMOs
  2. lump
  3. lump hammer
  4. lump hammers
  5. lump in one's throat
  6. lump it
  7. lump sum
  8. lump sums
  9. lump the lighter
  10. lump to one's throat
  11. lump together

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