receiving end

American  

noun

1. the position in which one is subject to some kind of action or effect, especially an unpleasant one (usually used in the phrase at oron the receiving end ).

   The corporation is on the receiving end of many complaints about its advertising.

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Etymology

Origin of receiving end

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

“I know people don’t usually talk like that, but I want to be one of the greats,” he continued, thereby violating an unwritten Hollywood code that you need to at least pretend to be humble or you’ll find yourself on the receiving end of a Vogue headline accusing you of “manosphere-enabled overconfidence.”

From Los Angeles Times

Scott’s philanthropy is on a different order of magnitude, and life on the receiving end of it can be head-spinning.

From The Wall Street Journal

What’s suffering as a result of these attacks: the ability of ordinary people who were on the receiving end of crackdowns to get good representation to fight back.

From Slate

And if I’m occasionally on the receiving end of it then I guess I have to put up with it.

From Literature

She claimed she did not have a good relationship with Behr, and had "been on the receiving end of some not very pleasant behaviour".

From BBC