ACCEPT, ACCEPTED
ADJECTIVES
► ACCEPTIVE having a tendency to accept; ready to accept → 1601 obs.
► AFFEERED accepted or recognized → 1623 obs.
NOUNS
► PRAXIS accepted practice or custom → 1644
NOUNS, PERSON
► ACCEPTANT a person who accepts, or takes what is offered → 1596 obs.
► ACCEPTRESS a female who accepts → 1883 obs. (Bk.)
► HANK a person who is accepted → 1964 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► IF THE CAP FITS, WEAR IT ► IF THE HAT FITS, WEAR IT ► IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT if an opinion, judgement, or assessment applies, accept it → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT! accept it, whether you like it or not → 1824 colloq.
► THAT’S THE WAY THE VIOLET CRUMBLES a philosophical reflection on turn of events → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► WE MUST TAKE IT AS IT COMES FROM THE COOK we must accept things as they are → 1916 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► ARRIVE to become accepted in a profession or social group; to attain success → 20C Amer. sl.
► BUY A TICKET to accept someone’s statements, to trust, to tolerate → 1970 sl.
► BUY INTO to accept, to believe → 1910 sl.
► CALL IT A DAY ► CALL IT A GO ► CALL IT A NIGHT to express acceptance that one cannot improve a situation → M19
► EAT UP to accept unquestioningly; to believe eagerly → 1908 US sl.
► ONFANG to accept, to receive → 900 obs.
► PAY UP AND LOOK PRETTY to gracefully accept the inevitable → 1894 sl.
► POSTULATE to accept as true → 1705
► SWALLOW 1. to accept gullibly → 1594 sl.
2. to be accepted → M19
► SWALLOW IT ► SWALLOW IT WHOLE to accept, esp. a false story that one is told → 17C
► TAKE to accept, to put up with something or someone → 20C sl.
► TAKE A WOODEN NICKEL to accept gullibly; to be swindled 1915 sl.
► TAKE ON BOARD to accept and use → 2002 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► TAKE SOMEONE UP ON SOMETHING to accept a proposal or invitation → 1910 sl.
► TAKE WOODEN MONEY to accept gullibly; to be swindled → 1915 sl.
► UNDERFO to accept, to receive willingly → 1000 obs.
► UNDERGO to accept, to admit, to allow → 1315 obs.
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