grit one's teeth (English, verb)
expansion: grit one's teeth (third-person singular simple present grits one's teeth, present participle gritting one's teeth, simple past and past participle gritted one's teeth or (nonstandard) grit one's teeth)
Senses:
glosses: To clench one's teeth together tightly because of pain, anger, frustration, or self-assurance.
glosses: To face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation and deal with it.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: grits one's teeth
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: gritting one's teeth
tags: participle
present
form: gritted one's teeth
tags: participle
past
form: gritted one's teeth
tags: past
form: grit one's teeth
tags: nonstandard
participle
past
form: grit one's teeth
tags: nonstandard
past