take on the chin (English, verb)
expansion: take on the chin (third-person singular simple present takes on the chin, present participle taking on the chin, simple past took on the chin, past participle taken on the chin)
Senses:
glosses: To accept without flinching or complaining.
tags: UK
idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To be deeply impacted by something.
tags: US
idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: takes on the chin
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking on the chin
tags: participle
present
form: took on the chin
tags: past
form: taken on the chin
tags: participle
past