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sucked it up, buttercup

sucked it up, buttercup is the simple past and past participle of suck it up.

Meaning of suck it up

Verb

suck it up (third-person singular simple present sucks it up, present participle sucking it up, simple past and past participle sucked it up)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.
    • Some students suck it up and meet the challenge. Others look around wildly for someone to blame.2001 January 8, Ben Marcus, “Graded By My Students”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    be a man, deal with it, grin and bear it, lump it, man up, push through it, save the drama for your mama, take it like a man

Questions about sucked it up, buttercup

What is sucked it up, buttercup the simple past and past participle of?
Sucked it up, buttercup is the simple past and past participle of suck it up.

Words near sucked it up, buttercup in the dictionary

  1. sucked in
  2. sucked into
  3. sucked it and saw
  4. sucked it and seen
  5. sucked it up
  6. sucked it up, buttercup
  7. sucked off
  8. sucked one's teeth
  9. sucked out
  10. sucked out of one's thumb
  11. sucked rocks

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