Sentence examples for take a licking from inspiring English sources
verb
To suffer a defeat or a beating.
As a result, they can take a licking.
They take a licking and keep on clicking.
They have to sit there silently and take a licking.
These rich kids can't take a licking". Has Cox ever had a licking?
Smart and streamlined, it can take a licking and keep on going, straight through to summer.
Timex is taking a trip back in time to prove its credo that it does indeed take a licking and keep on ticking.
"I'd like to hope I never take a lick again".
"Joey was spindly, but he could take a lick better than anyone.
Paul Thompson, 29 I'm not racist myself, but a lot of black comedians take a lick out of white people and nobody says anything.
The latest in what I like to call pro-point-and-shoots (I'd put the Canon G12 and the S95 in this category), the TG-1 from Olympus promises high-speed, f2.0 snapshots in a body that can take a lick and, potentially, keep on ticking.
