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Verb: take it on the chin
  1. Undergo failure or defeat

Derived forms: taking it on the chin, took it on the chin, takes it on the chin, taken it on the chin

Type of: fail, go wrong, miscarry

Encyclopedia: Take it on the chin

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take it on the chin
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take leave
take lying down
take note
take notice
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take office
take on
take one's lumps
take orders