take (one's) lumps
To experience and accept adversity, challenges, etc. The term typically implies that one perseveres without complaint despite such negative experiences. I know that I have to take my lumps as an intern to earn the other employees' trust and move up the corporate ladder.
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take one's lumps
Inf. 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. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
take (or get) your lumps
suffer punishment; be attacked or defeated. informal, chiefly North American 1971 Bernard Malamud The Tenants Now I take my lumps, he thought. Maybe for not satisfying Mary.
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take your ˈlumps
(American English, informal) accept bad things that happen to you without complaining: If we make mistakes, we’ll take our lumps.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
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. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.