accept the consequences
- face the musicAccept deserved consequences
- own itAcknowledge your responsibility
- take responsibilityAccept fault for outcomes
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- reckoningSettlement of accounts
pay the price · bite the bullet · swallow hard · comeuppance · fallout · aftermath · dues · karma · answer for · man up · own up · deal with it · tough luck · live with it · no excuses · take your lumps · face facts · harsh truth
accountability
accept the consequencesshift the blame
pass the buck · make excuses · scapegoat · point fingers · weasel out
behavioral response
accept the consequencesflee
Depart swiftly from threat
run away · go into hiding · get away with it · beat the rap · game the system