on the receiving end

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on the receiving end

  1. (idiomatic) being the victim of an unpleasant action
    I have always been on the receiving end of his unpredictable temper.
    • 2025 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 6-0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      And their job was done after a sensational opening burst brought four goals in the first 25 minutes as Chelsea were left bedraggled, humiliated and on the receiving end of their worst defeat since they lost 7-0 at Nottingham Forest in April 1991.
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