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take a licking and keep on ticking — verb To be tough; to have endurance, to have the capacity to absorb stress or damage, but still be able to function. How am I supposed to knock these other guys off. My wild card is nothing but defensive. I take a licking and keep on ticking. Big … Wiktionary
take a licking — American & Australian, informal to be defeated or very strongly criticized. Their latest album took a licking from the critics, but it s selling well … New idioms dictionary
take 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… … New idioms dictionary
Licking — Lick Lick (l[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Licked} (l[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Licking}.] [AS. liccian; akin to OS. likk[=o]n, D. likken, OHG. lecch[=o]n, G. lecken, Goth. bi laig[=o]n, Russ. lizate, L. lingere, Gr. lei chein, Skr. lih, rih.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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