bear the brunt

Idioms and Phrases

Put up with the worst of some bad circumstance, as in It was the secretary who had to bear the brunt of the doctor's anger . This idiom uses brunt in the sense of “the main force of an enemy's attack,” which was sustained by the front lines of the defenders. [Second half of 1700s]

Example Sentences

And so getting rid of them and making it easier for people to shift spouses like they change their underwear, that’s going to make people happier in the long term,’” Vance said in a video published by Vice, arguing that the children of those failed marriages bear the brunt of the split.

From Salon

Its chair, Prof Kamila Hawthorne, added that otherwise surgeries would have to look at making redundancies or even potentially closing down, meaning patients would "bear the brunt" of the tax hike.

From BBC

Chancellor Rachel Reeves decided businesses will bear the brunt of her £40bn total tax rise by increasing the National Insurance rate as well as reducing the threshold at which employers start paying it, to generate £25bn.

From BBC

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has decided firms will bear the brunt of her £40bn total tax rise by increasing the National Insurance rate as well as reducing the threshold that employers start paying it at.

From BBC

Some members believe the organization needs to step up its advocacy for low-income minority neighborhoods that bear the brunt of pollution from oil refineries, industrial complexes and freeways.

From Los Angeles Times

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