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take one's lumps

lump
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [luhmp]
    • /teɪk wʌnz lʌmp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [luhmp]
    • /teɪk wʌnz lʌmp/

Definitions of take one's lumps words

  • noun take one's lumps a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal. 1
  • noun take one's lumps a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head. 1
  • noun take one's lumps an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump: All the articles were piled in a great lump. 1
  • noun take one's lumps Also called lump of sugar. a small block of granulated sugar, designed for sweetening hot coffee, tea, etc.: How many lumps do you take in your coffee? 1
  • noun take one's lumps majority; plurality; multitude: The great lump of voters are still undecided. 1
  • noun take one's lumps lumps, Informal. harsh criticism, punishment, or defeat: The new theory came in for some lumps when other scholars heard of it. 1
See all 16 definitions of take one's lumps

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Origin of take one's lumps

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English lumpe, lomp(e); cognate with early Dutch lompe piece, Danish lump(e) lump, dialectal Norwegian lump block

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Parts of speech for Take one's lumps

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Take one's lumps

take one's lumps popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for take one's lumps

verb take one's lumps

  • face it — accept reality
  • face the music — an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.
  • face up to — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
  • go along with — permit, consent to
  • grin and bear it — to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
All 6 Synonyms of take one's lumps

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