Usually means: Endure significant damage or loss.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word take a beating:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. take a beating: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. take a beating: Merriam-Webster
  3. take a beating: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
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  2. take a beating: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take a beating: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take a beating: Urban Dictionary


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