contentyourselfwithsomething
phrasal verbwithcontentverb[T]uk/kənˈtent/us/kənˈtent/
to do something or have somethingalthoughit is notexactlywhat youwant:
Iwantedto take twoweeks'holiday, but had tocontentmyself with one because theofficewas sobusy.
Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the babyidiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more thanyoucan chewidiom
- cut
- hand
- head
- hold
- keep body and soul togetheridiom
- keep the wolf from the dooridiom
- keepyourhead above wateridiom
- keep/holdyourend upidiom
- live (from) hand to mouthidiom
- manage
- stretch tosomething
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- takesomethinginyourstrideidiom