come to terms

Idioms  

1. Reach an agreement, as in The landlord and his tenants soon came to terms regarding repairs . [Early 1700s]

2. come to terms with . Reconcile oneself to, as in He'd been trying to come to terms with his early life . [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

That’s the truth you need to come to terms with.

From Literature

"Things are still horrendous for me, her first anniversary just passed and that was really hard, I can't come to terms with the fact she's not coming home," she said.

From BBC

The judge told the boy, who attended court via a videolink: "You will have to do what you are told by the people who are supervising you and it will be their job to help you come to terms with what you have done and to stay out of trouble in the future."

From BBC

But despite the "enormity" of goodwill witnessed "in the city and beyond", Fr Gormley said Amy's loved ones are struggling to come to terms with "the reality of what has happened".

From BBC

Carroll told Variety in an interview published Tuesday evening that he has “had a little time to wrap my mind around it and come to terms with it” since he was told in November that his character was going to die.

From Los Angeles Times

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