resign yourself to
Meaning: If you resign yourself to something, you accept that it's true and that there's nothing you can do to change it.
For example:
- resign yourself to sth Margaret has resigned herself to the fact that her company won't survive, and she's started looking for a job.
- resign yourself to sth I admitted that my dream of being a famous movie star would never come true, and I resigned myself to a life in the suburbs with everyone else.
Quick Quiz:
After seeing his exam results, Albert resigned himself to the fact that he was
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