"To take a beating" means to be physically or figuratively beaten, defeated, or overwhelmed by someone or something. It implies experiencing a difficult or tough situation that leaves one injured, exhausted, or emotionally drained.
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Our deck is actually getting old and up here wood
takes a beating from the UV at elevation and the winds and harsh winter conditions.
Football players already
take a beating on a day to day basis, they do not need further punishment in the weight room.
Your credit score really
takes a beating when you settle your debt and it stays on your credit report for seven years.
After taking a beating in the press, the double news has not only increased sales, but positive coverage as well.
How many more Democratic candidates campaigning on the wrong side of the issue will
take a beating at the polls before the party mainstream gets this?
Truly, having an Assist character
take a beating for you is certainly a life - saver when you know your opponent is about to deal a fatal blow to your health bar.
Gold commodity & gold stocks especially have
taken a beating lately; however, if market conditions continue to weaken, we could see buying interest in gold.
I have dropped the box a couple of times and it seems durable enough to
take a beating while on the road.
When I bought this car I wanted something that was small, reliable and able to
take a beating since it's parked on city streets all day, every day.
One of the hardest things about dating is that your confidence can often
take a beating if you let it.
The annuity industry
takes a beating by most financial journalists and consumers who believe that all annuities are inherently bad.
The state's largest teacher's union
took a beating last session on a variety of issues ranging from collective bargaining, to teacher evaluations, to school vouchers.
If you apply in multiple places for a debt consolidation loan and get rejected several times, now you
just took a beating on your credit score for no reason.
So while you may not want to
take a beating like contact athletes do, you can still take a page from their training logs.
We are working on cleaning up the landscaping and trees,
which took a beating, but expect that to be completed in short order.
One of the hardest things about getting back into dating is that your confidence can
often take a beating if you let it.
While the bitcoin price may have
taken a beating recently, it appears to be bouncing back, having crossed the $ 250 and $ 300 mark in quick succession.
The transmission is stock as well, including the clutch, which is rather amazing since it now
takes a beating due to the increase in power.
Given how much bitcoin currently dominates the cryptocurrency market, in terms of value, prices of other virtual currencies
took a beating too.
However, some designers lose sight of the fact that public space
furniture takes a beating — both from the natural elements and people.
With both of us pressing any button we could to try and win the match, our controllers
definitely took a beating, even more so than the characters we were playing as.
This was one of those days when I was missing a vital ingredient — in this case, eggs — but would
rather take a beating than venture out to the grocery store.
Furthermore, while most coins
took a beating there was a more diverse set of outcomes for different cryptocurrencies than in previous dips.
If the world's hunger for «all things emerging» disappears or if the oil & gas
sector takes a beating, this one could be trouble.