💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Take a licking"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| take one's lumpsverb | (slang, figuratively) To endure through criticism or other adversity. |
| take a licking and keep on tickingverb | (idiomatic) To be tough; to have endurance; to have the capacity to absorb stress or damage, but still be able to function. |
| licknoun | The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue. |
| take to the cleanersverb | (originally US, slang, idiomatic) To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc. |
| take the fallverb | (idiomatic, informal) To bear the blame or punishment for another person's failure or misdeed, either intentionally or not. |
| beat the crap out ofverb | (slang, mildly vulgar) To beat really badly. |
| lick one's woundsverb | (idiomatic) To withdraw temporarily while recovering from a defeat; to recuperate. |
| lambasteverb | To scold, reprimand or criticize harshly. |
| take on the chinverb | (idiomatic, transitive, UK) To accept without flinching or complaining. |
| take a fallverb | Alternative form of take the fall. [(idiomatic, informal, sports, especially boxing) To willingly lose a match, as in a fixed fight.] |
| pulpnoun | A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter. |
| suck the mopverb | (slang, idiomatic) To be left in a disadvantageous position. |
| vapulateverb | (obsolete, transitive) To flog or whip; to beat or strike. |
| sufferverb | (intransitive) To feel pain. |
| smokenoun | (uncountable) The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material. |
| take a jokeverb | (idiomatic) To accept a joke at one's expense. |
| bite the big oneverb | (idiomatic) To perform poorly; to fail. |
| take the pissverb | To tease, ridicule or mock (someone) (with out of). |
| belickverb | (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To lick or lick about. |
| beat downverb | (transitive) To forcefully diminish the power or influence of; to quell; to squash. |
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