sucking 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