lump it
idiom
informal
: to accept or allow something unpleasant or unwanted
—usually used in the phrase like it or lump it
Like it or lump it, the new law goes into effect today.
Examples of lump it in a Sentence
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Like it or lump it, the trend appears to be going in the same direction in association football.
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Mark Carey, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The truth is, red velvet has a distinctive flavor/texture personality that is entirely its own; there’s no sense in trying to lump it into a more generic category of cake.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
There were nine or 10 thousand black folks, two or three thousand Chicanos (term of the day; like it, lump it, or slap an X on it), and me and my girlfriend.
—Bart Bull, SPIN, 16 Feb. 2023
Like it or lump it, the moral cherrypicking of music does happen regularly in another part of the music industry: synchronization licenses, or sync, which is the sector of the business that handles music placement in other mediums like films, television, and advertisements.
—Tim Ingham, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2021
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Mark Carey, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The truth is, red velvet has a distinctive flavor/texture personality that is entirely its own; there’s no sense in trying to lump it into a more generic category of cake.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
There were nine or 10 thousand black folks, two or three thousand Chicanos (term of the day; like it, lump it, or slap an X on it), and me and my girlfriend.
—Bart Bull, SPIN, 16 Feb. 2023
Like it or lump it, the moral cherrypicking of music does happen regularly in another part of the music industry: synchronization licenses, or sync, which is the sector of the business that handles music placement in other mediums like films, television, and advertisements.
—Tim Ingham, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2021
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“Lump it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lump%20it. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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