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on the receiving end
Idioms and Phrases
In the situation of recipient, especially of something unpleasant, as in It seems I'm always on the receiving end of his bad moods . [c. 1930]Example Sentences
But some have expressed sympathy for the staff at the stores, who they say have been on the receiving end of abuse from angry customers, or having to deal with shopping abandoned at the tills when customers were unable to pay when contactless payments were down.
Kyiv has been on the receiving end of growing pressure from Trump to accept territorial concessions as part of an agreement with Moscow to end the war.
There is a long way to go until Swiatek enters the conversation of being on the receiving end of the most dominant head-to-head record.
This included the European Union, Vietnam, South Africa and many more - all of which were due to be on the receiving end of US tariffs ranging from 11% to more than 100%.
Decades later, Mr Lee would find himself on the receiving end of his friend's temper.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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