Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “take a hit“ and its meaning is “suffer loss, suffer damage”.
Example Sentence: Recently, a controversy bubbled up regarding the marketing strategies of Micro Labs, a Bengaluru-based pharmaceutical company. Micro Labs, the maker of Dolo-650, was charged of having bribed medical doctors with freebies worth ₹1,000 crore in one year to promote Dolo-650… You might argue that Micro Labs may have been willing to take a hit on their margins in order to bump up sales. Perhaps the freebies could be justified if there are other benefits?…
This phrase is present in The Hindu article Examining the Dolo scandal and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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