put that in your pipe and smoke it

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[put that in your pipe and smoke it] {v. phr.}, {informal} To understand something told you; accept something as fact or reality; not try to change it. — Usually used as a command, normally only in speech, and often considered rude.

* /People don't vote against Santa Claus, and you might as well put that in your pipe and smoke it./

* /I am not going to do that and you can put that in your pipe and smoke it./

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	rude ²¹ {informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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