on the chin

1. see take it on the chin.

Example Sentences

The Medicare Advantage business has taken it in on the chin in the past two or three years, and is probably turning a corner.

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"We've been praised a lot the past few seasons so, as a footballer, you take the highs and the lows and you have to take the criticism on the chin. It's been deserved, we've not been good enough," captain McGinn told Sky Sports.

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"I'll do the whole thing with the biggest smile on my face and even if the lovely Craig rips me apart, which I'm sure he will do, I'll just take it on the chin and smile."

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"But I have to also be gracious, thank Jesse. I don't want to get used to it but I have to take it on the chin. It was more like, please, celebrate after the whistle."

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Suarez grabbed Sounders midfielder Obed Vargas around the neck, before team-mate Sergio Busquets struck the Mexico international on the chin.

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