make a virtue of necessity (English, verb)
expansion: make a virtue of necessity (third-person singular simple present makes a virtue of necessity, present participle making a virtue of necessity, simple past and past participle made a virtue of necessity)
Senses:
glosses: To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: makes a virtue of necessity
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: making a virtue of necessity
tags: participle
present
form: made a virtue of necessity
tags: participle
past
form: made a virtue of necessity
tags: past