Idiom
bear the brunt
Meaning
To endure the worst part of something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The smallest team members bear the brunt of the extra work.”
“When the company budget was cut, the marketing department had to bear the brunt of the layoffs.”
“As the storm hit the coast, the fragile wooden houses bore the brunt of the powerful winds and rising tides.”
Examples
simple
“The smallest team members bear the brunt of the extra work.”
contextual
“When the company budget was cut, the marketing department had to bear the brunt of the layoffs.”
complex
“As the storm hit the coast, the fragile wooden houses bore the brunt of the powerful winds and rising tides.”
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