Meaning of settle for | Babel Free

Definitions

To accept or allow something, especially something not entirely desirable.

idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“He couldn't afford the expensive headphones, so he decided to settle for the lower-quality set.”

“As the game entered three minutes of stoppage time, both sides almost snatched the win. Substitute Admir Mehmedi was inches away with Hart beaten and Stewart Downing, on for Walcott, shot weakly into the side-netting with the last kick of the game as England had to settle for a point.”

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