take abuse

Frequency: 6.55.9 per million words

To endure or tolerate abuse.

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Examples (10)

  • No employee should have to take abuse from a manager.
  • She had taken emotional abuse for years before she finally sought help.
  • As a public figure, he has to take constant abuse on social media.
  • The referee took a lot of abuse from the crowd after the controversial call.
  • I'm not going to take this abuse any longer; I'm reporting it.
  • Retail workers often have to take verbal abuse from angry customers.
  • He kept taking the abuse, hoping things would eventually get better.
  • Why did you take that kind of abuse for so long without saying anything?
  • The victims testified that they were forced to take physical abuse on a daily basis.
  • She made it clear that she will not take any form of abuse from anyone.