- take the brunt of something
- bear/take the brunt of (something)
to receive the worst part of something unpleasant or harmful, such as an attack.
The oldest parts of the town bore the brunt of the missile attacks.
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take the brunt of something
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take the brunt of something — bear/take/the brunt of something phrase to receive the worst part of something that has a bad effect It was the capital that bore the brunt of the recent flooding. Thesaurus: miscellaneous bad thingshyponym disappointmentssynonym … Useful english dictionary
take the brunt of — bear/take the brunt of (something) to receive the worst part of something unpleasant or harmful, such as an attack. The oldest parts of the town bore the brunt of the missile attacks … New idioms dictionary
bear the brunt of something — bear/take/the brunt of something phrase to receive the worst part of something that has a bad effect It was the capital that bore the brunt of the recent flooding. Thesaurus: miscellaneous bad thingshyponym disappointmentssynonym … Useful english dictionary
bear the brunt of something — bear/take the brunt of (something) to receive the worst part of something unpleasant or harmful, such as an attack. The oldest parts of the town bore the brunt of the missile attacks … New idioms dictionary
bear the brunt of — bear/take the brunt of (something) to receive the worst part of something unpleasant or harmful, such as an attack. The oldest parts of the town bore the brunt of the missile attacks … New idioms dictionary
take the spear (in one’s chest) — tv. to accept full blame for something; to accept the full brunt of the punishment for something. □ The Admiral got the short straw and had to take the spear in his chest. □ I sure didn’t want to take the spear … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
brunt — [ brʌnt ] noun the brunt the worst part of something that has a bad effect: bear/take the brunt of something: The Education Department is expected to bear the brunt of these cuts in funding. The eastern area took the brunt of the storm. It was… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
brunt — UK [brʌnt] / US noun Word forms brunt : singular brunt plural brunts bear/take the brunt of something to receive the worst part of something that has a bad effect It was the capital that bore the brunt of the recent flooding … English dictionary
brunt — [[t]brʌ̱nt[/t]] PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR of n To bear the brunt or take the brunt of something unpleasant means to suffer the main part or force of it. Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment... A child s head tends to take the… … English dictionary
take it on the chin — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To be badly beaten or hurt. * /Our football team really took it on the chin today. They are all bumps and bruises./ * /Mother and I took it on the chin in the card game./ 2. To accept without complaint something bad that… … Dictionary of American idioms
