bear the brunt of

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bear/take the brunt of something

to receive the worst part of something unpleasant or harmful, such as an attack The oldest parts of the town bore the brunt of the missile attacks.

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The revelation about the money must be made the very next morning; and if he withheld the rest, Dunstan would be sure to come back shortly, and, finding that he must bear the brunt of his father's anger, would tell the whole story out of spite, even though he had nothing to gain by it. Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context Hiram intended to accompany the officer as a spectator, but he felt no very strong desire to bear the brunt of the battle. The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context Half an hour or more was allowed to elapse between the setting out of the horns or wings of the army before any stir was made by the Greys and their supporting regiment, known as the Buffaloes, which formed its chest, and were destined to bear the brunt of the battle. King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context			be worth its weight in gold be worth the paper it's're printed on be worth while be writ large be written all over face be-all and end-all beam beam down Beam me up, Scotty! beam up bean bear bear a grudge bear a resemblance to bear arms bear cross bear down bear fruit bear in mind bear in mind that bear off bear on bear out bear testimony to bear the brunt bear the brunt of bear up bear watching bear with bear witness to beard beard in den beard the lion in his den bearing beast beat beat a dead horse beat a path to door beat a retreat beat about the bush beat against beat around the bush beat at beat back beat brains out beat breast beat down beat down on beat down to size beat gums beat head against the wall			Bear spread Bear Spreads Bear Squeeze Bear Squeezes Bear State Bear Stearns Bear Stearns Bear Stearns & Co. Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. Bear Stearns Asset Management Bear Stearns Bankruptcy Bear Stearns Capital Markets, Inc. Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Inc. Bear Stearns Companies Inc. Bear Stearns Cos. Bear Stearns Health Innoventures Bear Stearns International Limited Bear Stearns Merchant Banking Bear Stearns Private Equity Limited Bear Steepener Bear Steepeners Bear sterns bear testimony bear testimony bear testimony bear testimony bear testimony bear testimony to bear the brunt bear the brunt of bear the consequences bear the consequences bear the consequences bear the cost bear the cost of bear the expense bear the expense of bear the responsibility of Bear Through the Storm bear tracks Bear trap Bear Trap Dunes bear trap gate Bear Trap Ranch Bear Traps Bear Trust International bear up bear up bear up bear up bear up bear up bear up against bear up under bear upon bear upon Bear Valley Community Church Bear Valley Electric Service Bear Valley Land Rovers Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuge

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