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with good grace

Idioms  
  1. Willingly, pleasantly, as in They had tried hard to win but accepted their loss with good grace. [Mid-1700s] Also see with bad grace.


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"I have heard the answer of my parliamentary party to that question, and I accept that answer with good grace."

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Outside all the chatter, Shaboozey addressed the growing controversy with good grace.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024

My 80-year-old teacher took it all with good grace.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2019

Our rule has been that she can’t do anything irreversible until she is 18, which was the same for her older brother with tattoos, so she has accepted it with good grace for now.

From Slate • May 9, 2019

Besides, he was bound to stop the trap and come running down the bank, and she would have to suffer the interruption with good grace.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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