come to terms with sb

/kˈʌm tə tˈɜːmz wɪð ˌɛsbˈiː/

[phrase]

to come to terms with sb

[PHRASE]

to come to an agreement with someone

come to terms with sth

/kˈʌm tə tˈɜːmz wɪð ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/

[phrase]

to come to terms with sth

[PHRASE]

to gradually learn to accept or deal with something unpleasant

Examples

1. The experience of coming to terms with defeat can build the resilience and self-awareness necessary to manage academic, social, and physical hurdles.

2. But now the AMA is finally beginning to come to terms with racism in its own past.

3. So we look at both past and present today in the firm belief that only by coming to terms with history can we free ourselves to create a more just world.

4. And he sees then, as he looks back across the ocean, not only does he come to terms with slavery with Sally and James, in a way, becoming domesticated, part of a kind of family that has affective, sentimental ties.