accept that
idiom
: to consider (something) to be true
He was unwilling to accept that he could no longer play as he once had.
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My only option was to accept that my student would need to attend the school that we were zoned for.
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Melanie L. Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Now working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept that she might be gone forever.
—Peter White, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Jason Riddle was a rare one who didn’t accept that pardon.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2025
Why not just accept that this coastline is kindling and move on?
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
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Melanie L. Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Now working as a police dispatcher, the only thing that has kept him going is his implacable refusal to accept that she might be gone forever.
—Peter White, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
Jason Riddle was a rare one who didn’t accept that pardon.
—Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Mar. 2025
Why not just accept that this coastline is kindling and move on?
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Accept that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accept%20that. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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