turn the other cheek

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English

Etymology

From the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus rejected the eye for an eye philosophy in favour of a more humble approach.

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Verb

turn the other cheek (third-person singular simple present turns the other cheek, present participle turning the other cheek, simple past and past participle turned the other cheek)

  1. (idiomatic) To accept punishment or injury without retaliating.

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