bear the brunt

Verb

Meaning

bear the brunt (third-person singular simple present bears the brunt, present participle bearing the brunt, simple past bore the brunt, past participle borne the brunt)

(idiomatic) To endure the worst part of something.

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I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons. Toni Morrison

For we cannot tarry here, We must march my darlings, we must bear the brunt of danger, We, the youthful sinewy races, all the rest on us depend, Pioneers! O pioneers! Walt Whitman

The universal conviction of those who yet believe in the rights of the people is that the first step toward the prevention of war and the establishment of peace, permanent peace, is to give the people who must bear the brunt of war's awful burden more to say about it. Robert M. La Follette Sr.

To me, it is one world, and the non-human animals bear the brunt of oppression and suffering. Ingrid Newkirk

A progressive digital ad revenue tax would also make sure that dominant social media platforms bear the brunt of the tax. Paul Romer

But whether it be a new kind of white flight or rampant gentrification and displacement, we know that communities of color will bear the brunt of the costs. Source: Internet

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