Accept
Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.
Clean up
Clean up verb - To make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff.
Both terms in one sentence
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He goes as far as to just patiently accept the Roomba's shortcomings and says that he'll just clean up where it can't reach.
Source: Companion Cube - There is worse, but Nightingale tells viewpoint character Peter Grant that he doesn't want to know and Grant decides to accept this since the clean up crew has to involve people who excavate war graves in Rwanda and Kosovo.
Source: Body Horror / Literature -
The joke module Castle Grayhawk for AD&D encourages this; if the players refuse to accept the quest hook, the DM is instructed to close the screen and clean up the game materials, then stare at the players with a disapproving look until they get the point.
Source: But Thou Must!
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