chin
(tʃɪn )
Word forms: chins
1. countable noun B1
Your chin is the part of your face that is below your mouth and above your neck.
...a double chin.
He rubbed the gray stubble on his chin.
2. take sthing on the chin phrase [VERB inflects]
If you say that someone took something on the chin, you mean that they accepted an unpleasant or difficult situation bravely and without making a lot of fuss about it. [informal]
When the police arrived he took it on the chin and apologised for the trouble he'd caused them.
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FACE hair eye ear nose jaw forehead cheek mouth chin Idioms:
take it on the chin
to bravely accept criticism and not to make a fuss about it
When the police arrived, he took it on the chin, apologizing for the trouble he'd caused them.
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lead with your chin
to behave very aggressively
This game is no place for a player who cannot lead with his chin.
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keep your chin up
to remain calm or cheerful in a difficult or unpleasant situation
Richards was keeping his chin up yesterday despite the continued setbacks.
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Translations:
Chinese: 下颚
Japanese: あご