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come to terms en · VERB
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(idiomatic, of two or more parties, often, with a prepositional phrase) To reach an agreement or settle a dispute.
We hope someday she and her mother will come to terms on the matter.
In the rumbustious atmosphere of the mania years, 1845 and 1846, this state of things gave rise to acrimony which both sides faced with confidence; but as the reaction set in during 1847, it seemed better to come to terms.
1955 February, Michael Robbins, “A Railway Treaty: The Brighton and South Eastern Agreement of 1848”, in Railway Magazine, page 98:
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Deriveds
come to terms with
Relateds
come to grips