grudgingly accept

Frequency: 4.53.8 per million words

To accept something in a reluctant or resentful way.

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  • After a long argument, he grudgingly accepted his defeat.
  • After a long debate, he grudgingly accepted the committee's decision.
  • The board grudgingly accepted the budget cuts proposed by the new CEO.
  • She grudgingly accepts help from her colleagues, preferring to work alone.
  • She finally had to grudgingly accept her parents' help with the rent.
  • The team will have to grudgingly accept the budget cuts.
  • The union will likely grudgingly accept the terms of the new contract to avoid a strike.
  • I have grudgingly accepted the fact that I won't finish the project on time.
  • He grudgingly accepted the apology, though it was clear he was still upset.
  • They might grudgingly accept our offer if we add a small bonus.
  • The opposition party has grudgingly accepted the election results.
  • He ended up grudgingly accepting his defeat in the election.
  • After weeks of denial, I had to grudgingly accept that the project had failed.
  • To avoid further argument, she chose to grudgingly accept his apology.
  • The employees seem to grudgingly accept the new open-office layout.
  • The new terms of the contract were grudgingly accepted by the union.
  • The artist grudgingly accepted the client's changes to his design.
  • The child grudgingly accepted that it was bedtime.
  • They had no choice but to grudgingly accept the compromise offered by the mediator.
  • The company had to grudgingly accept the new environmental regulations.