take a beating
1take a beating — (informal) To suffer physical or verbal chastisement • • • Main Entry: ↑beat * * * take a beating phrase to be damaged because of performing badly or being criticized Property firms have taken a beating on the stock market. Thesaurus: to be… …
2take some beating — ► to do something so well that it is difficult for anyone else to do better: »The automaker has delivered an impressive hatchback car that will take some beating. Main Entry: ↑beat …
3take a beating — index lose (undergo defeat) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4take a beating — 1. to be severely defeated in a game or competition. The Knights really took a beating in last night s game. 2. to lose a lot of money. The company took a beating last year, losing about $50 million. 3. to be severely criticized. The president… …
5take a beating (to) — Lose; get a bad deal; be crushed. ► “U.S. exports to Mexico will take a beating from the peso devaluation, but the beating may be less severe than it has been in the first few months of devaluation.” (Forbes, April 24, 1995, p. 49) …
6take some beating — be hard to beat or take some beating to be very good, or to be better than other things of its kind It s an expensive hotel, but that kind of service is hard to beat …
7take a beating — tv. to be beaten, bested, or defeated. □ The candidate took a beating in the runoffs. □ The team took quite a beating …
8take a beating — lose money His father really took a beating on the stock market recently …
9take a beating — to be damaged because of performing badly or being criticized Property firms have taken a beating on the stock market …
10take some beating — …
