take your lumps

take your lumps
endure bumps and hits, suffer through injuries
  

To play hockey, you have to learn to take your lumps.


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  • take your lumps — (or take a lot of lumps) US informal : to be badly beaten or hurt He took a lot of lumps as a kid growing up in the city. usually used figuratively Their first album took its lumps from the critics. [=it was harshly criticized] The team has taken …   Useful english dictionary

  • take your lumps — take the/your lumps US INFORMAL ► to experience problems without complaining: » As a trader, sometimes you ve just got to take your lumps. Main Entry: ↑lump …   Financial and business terms

  • take your lumps — take (your) lumps American to receive and accept criticism or punishment for something you have done. Joe blames nobody but himself for his problems. He takes his lumps and doesn t complain …   New idioms dictionary

  • take the lumps — take the/your lumps US INFORMAL ► to experience problems without complaining: » As a trader, sometimes you ve just got to take your lumps. Main Entry: ↑lump …   Financial and business terms

  • take the/your lumps — US INFORMAL ► to experience problems without complaining: » As a trader, sometimes you ve just got to take your lumps. Main Entry: ↑lump …   Financial and business terms

  • take lumps — take (your) lumps American to receive and accept criticism or punishment for something you have done. Joe blames nobody but himself for his problems. He takes his lumps and doesn t complain …   New idioms dictionary

  • take one’s lumps — tv. to accept the result or punishment one deserves. (See also get one’s lumps.) □ You’ve got to learn to take your lumps if you’re going to be in politics. □ I hate taking my lumps. I’d rather pretend nothing had happened …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • On Your Radar (album) — On Your Radar Studio album by The Saturdays Released 21 November 2011 …   Wikipedia

  • Count Your Sheep — Author(s) Adrian Ramos Website http://www.countyoursheep.com/ Current status / schedule Updating weekdays, except Wednesdays Launch date …   Wikipedia

  • lump — ▪ I. lump lump 1 [lʌmp] noun 1. take the/​your lumps informal to have some problems: • They took their lumps but they re on the road to profitability. 2. the lump …   Financial and business terms

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