atenerse a las consecuencias

A fixed idiom built on atenerse a, equivalent to English 'to face the music' or 'to take the consequences' — it's a warning that someone will have to accept whatever follows from their own actions: si haces eso, atente a las consecuencias.

• Si mientes otra vez, tendrás que atenerte a las consecuencias. — If you lie again, you'll have to face the consequences.
• Le advirtieron que se atuviera a las consecuencias de su decisión. — They warned him he'd have to live with the consequences of his decision.
• Actuó sin pensar y ahora se atiene a las consecuencias. — He acted without thinking, and now he's facing the consequences.

Treating this as a separate verb to memorize — it's just atenerse a conjugated with 'las consecuencias' as the object; once you know atenerse a, this phrase needs no extra grammar.

Often confused with atener.