come+to+terms
21come to terms — reach an agreement We came to terms with the bank and were able to buy the house …
22come to terms with — verb a) To resolve a conflict with. She finally came to terms with her addictions at her third rehab clinic and rarely drank again. b) To accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful Until he comes to terms with the likelihood of… …
23come to terms — idi to reach an agreement …
24come to terms with — confront, deal with, accept (a situation) …
25come to terms with — reconcile oneself to. → term …
26terms — (n.) limiting conditions, early 14c.; see TERM (Cf. term). Hence expressions such as come to terms, make terms, on any terms, etc. Meaning standing, footing, mutual relations, as in expression on good terms (with someone), is recorded from 1540s …
27come to grips with something — come to grips with (something) to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation. The whole community is struggling to come to grips with these kids deaths. Related vocabulary: come to terms with something …
28come to grips with — (something) to make an effort to understand and deal with a problem or situation. The whole community is struggling to come to grips with these kids deaths. Related vocabulary: come to terms with something …
29Terms of a proportion — Term Term, n. [F. terme, L. termen, inis, terminus, a boundary limit, end; akin to Gr. ?, ?. See {Thrum} a tuft, and cf. {Terminus}, {Determine}, {Exterminate}.] 1. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.… …
30terms — n. conditions, provisions 1) to dictate; set; state; stipulate terms 2) easy; favorable terms 3) surrender terms (to stipulate surrender terms to an enemy) 4) by the terms (of an agreement) 5) on certain terms (on one s own termss; on our terms)… …
