"bear the brunt" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-bear the brunt.ogg [Australia] Forms: bears the brunt [present, singular, third-person], bearing the brunt [participle, present], bore the brunt [past], borne the brunt [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bear<,,bore,borne> the brunt}} bear the brunt (third-person singular simple present bears the brunt, present participle bearing the brunt, simple past bore the brunt, past participle borne the brunt)
  1. (idiomatic) To endure the worst part of something. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to endure the worst part of something): faire les frais (French), pagar o pato (Galician), sostenere il peso maggiore (Italian), avere la peggio (Italian), essere maggiormente colpito (Italian)
    Sense id: en-bear_the_brunt-en-verb-R9Nju1Ni Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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