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What does come to terms with mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word come to terms with? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To resolve a conflict with.
  2. (idiomatic) To accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful
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But he admits it took him a while to come to terms with the shock of being stopped for the second time inside 12 months.
With richly textured dialogue set in the midlands, the play tells the story of Hester Swane as she battles to come to terms with rejection.
The members have called for the deferment of the increases to allow tenants come to terms with the new rents.
It will depend on the ability of Canberra bureaucrats to come to terms with problems that are totally unfamiliar to them.
As a young man David McInroy had to come to terms with the fact he was not destined for a career as a professional footballer.
Crusader princes, atabeqs, emirs and even Saladin himself had been forced to come to terms with them or suffer the consequences.

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