take a licking and keep on ticking (English, verb)
expansion: take a licking and keep on ticking (third-person singular simple present takes a licking and keeps on ticking, present participle taking a licking and keeping on ticking, simple past took a licking and kept on ticking, past participle taken a licking and kept on ticking)
Senses:
glosses: To be tough; to have endurance; to have the capacity to absorb stress or damage, but still be able to function.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: takes a licking and keeps on ticking
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking a licking and keeping on ticking
tags: participle
present
form: took a licking and kept on ticking
tags: past
form: taken a licking and kept on ticking
tags: participle
past