"take one's lumps" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take one's lumps.ogg Forms: taking one's lumps [present, singular, third-person], took one's lumps [participle, present], taken one's lumps [participle, past], taken one's lumps [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<taking,took,taken> one's lumps}} take one's lumps (third-person singular simple present taking one's lumps, present participle took one's lumps, simple past and past participle taken one's lumps)
  1. (slang) To receive physical abuse and to survive. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-take_one's_lumps-en-verb-0PEBsjB-
  2. (slang, figuratively) To endure through criticism or other adversity. Tags: figuratively, slang Synonyms: tough it out
    Sense id: en-take_one's_lumps-en-verb-7o5lRXzV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
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