on the chin
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"City are a top side and we have to take it on the chin today," Trippier added.
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She said: "I didn't think he had anybody else to talk to. I took it on the chin and then had nightmares about it."
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“Any question, any criticism, any opinion, you have to take it on the chin today,” Arteta said after the game.
"Any opinion you have to take it on the chin," he said.
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On the prospect of the rules changing before the start of the season, he said: "There is a governance process. And if that governance were to vote for an engine regulation change, you just have to take it on the chin."
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