like it or lump it Definition

like²
verb liked, liking

1. To be pleased with something.
2. To find someone or something pleasant or agreeable.

Thesaurus: admire, appreciate, delight in, choose, enjoy, esteem, approve.
3. To be fond of someone or something.
4. To prefer.

Example: She likes her tea without sugar
5. To wish, or wish for.

Example: if you like

noun

1. Things that someone has a preference for.

Example: likes and dislikes
Form: likes

Idiom: I like that!

ironic
Expressing surprise or shock.

Idiom: (to do something) and like it

(to put up with doing something that is unpleasant) without complaining.

Idiom: like it or lump it

See under lump.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon lician to please.