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1. Reach an agreement, as in The landlord and his tenants soon came to terms regarding repairs. [Early 1700s] 2. come to terms with. Reconcile oneself to, as in He'd been trying to come to terms with his early life. [Mid-1800s]
American Heritage Idioms
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Phrase(s): come to terms (about someone or something) [and] come to terms (on someone or something)
[for two or more people] to reach an accord on someone or something. • Ed and Alice came to terms about money. • They did not come to terms on the price., Phrase(s): come to terms (with someone or something)
1. to come to an agreement with someone. • I finally came to terms with my lawyer about his fee. • Bob, you have to come to terms with your father. 2. to learn to accept someone or something. • She had to come to terms with the loss of her sight. • She couldn’t come to terms with her estranged husband.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs