Idioms

bear the brunt of (something)
to withstand the worst part or the strongest part of something
The small island bore the brunt of the tropical storm.

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  • bear with (someone or something)
  • beat (someone) to the draw
  • beat (someone) to the punch
  • beat (something) into (someone's) head
  • beat a hasty retreat
  • beat a path to (someone's) door
  • beat around the bush
  • beat one's brains out
  • beat one's head against the wall
  • beat the clock
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  • take a turn for the worse
  • come true
  • clip joint
  • fifty-fifty
  • on the block
  • in the soup
  • run down (someone) or run (someone) down
  • dressed to kill
  • a second thought
  • blue blood


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