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Verb: take it on the chin
Usage: informal
  1. Undergo failure or defeat
    "The team took it on the chin in the championship game"

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

Type of: fail, go wrong, miscarry

Encyclopedia: Take it on the chin