bita ihop

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Swedish

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Etymology

From bita (bite) +‎ ihop (together), in the sense of clenching one's teeth.

Verb

bita ihop (present biter ihop, preterite bet ihop, supine bitit ihop, imperative bit ihop)

  1. to clench one's teeth
  2. (idiomatic, figuratively) to grit one's teeth (face up to a difficult or disagreeable situation and deal with it, endure), (sometimes) to hunker down
    Det spöregnade, men bron måste repareras så snabbt som möjligt, så det var bara att bita ihop och arbeta
    It was pouring, but the bridge had to be repaired as quickly as possible, so we just had to hunker down / grit our teeth and work

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