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take one's lumps

verb

Definitions

  1. To receive physical abuse and to survive.

    • When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. "If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body."

  2. To endure through criticism or other adversity.

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