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verb
Accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.
synonym: face the music.
is a specific kind of: accept, assume, bear, take over.
domain region: Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Dutch: moederdag
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