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take it on the chin

  1. Suffer adversity or defeat, as in Paul really took it on the chin today when he got fired for missing a deadline. This idiom alludes to taking a physical blow on the chin. [First half of 1900s]



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Rules are rules and you take it on the chin.

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Let's see whether it turns out okay for him and Disney even though the news department takes it on the chin!

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So you’re gonna fail at some point and you just have to take it on the chin and find a way to just get better.”

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"There's nothing that can be done and we just have to take it on the chin."

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"In the face of hurricane shocks, agricultural production in southern states like Florida will take it on the chin," he said.

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