Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take a beating” and its meaning is “suffer defeat/damage (very badly)”.
Example Sentence: To an extent, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s Singapore and Vietnam trip was aimed at assuaging (lessening/mitigating) such concerns and shoring up enthusiasm for the rules-based international order that has taken a beating.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article America’s Asia policy and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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