come to terms

come to terms idiom
  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]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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