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Definition of lump verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

lump

 verb
verb
NAmE//lʌmp//
 
lump A and B together lump A (in) with BVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they lump
 
 he / she / it lumps
 
 past simple lumped
 
 -ing form lumping
 
 
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  • to put or consider different things together in the same group You can't lump all Asian languages together.
    • Idioms
    lump it (informal)
     
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    to accept something unpleasant because there is no other choice I'm sorry you're not happy about it but you'll just have to lump it. That's the situation—like it or lump it!
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