Bite the bullet

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.

"The tenant was annoyed by the proposed rent increase, but the cost of moving would be even higher, so he bit the bullet and signed the new lease."

2.VerbTo accept an undesirable or counterintuitive implication of an argument or view.

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