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View synonyms for take it on the chin

take it on the chin



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Idioms and Phrases

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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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