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Phrase(s): settle for something to agree to accept something (even though something else would be better). • We wanted a red one, but settled for a blue one. • Ask your grocer for Wilson’s canned corn—the best corn in cans. Don’t settle for less.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Accept or be satisfied with as a compromise, as in He really wanted a bigger raise but decided to settle for what they offered. [Mid-1900s]
American Heritage Idioms