take a hit
Endure a setback
Take a hit means to suffer damage, loss, or a setback.
A company's stock takes a hit after bad earnings.
Your reputation takes a hit when you're caught lying.
The phrase implies absorbing impact rather than being destroyed—you're hurt but still standing.
Separately, to take a hit is to inhale from a cigarette, joint, or pipe: He took a hit and passed it along.
- sufferExperience pain or distress
- damageHarm or impairment
- blowMove air forcefully
- body blowStrike to the torso
- impactForceful contact or consequence
punch · roll with the punches · smoke · inhale · deep breath · toke · drag · puff · joint · bong · loss · financial loss · setback · rough patch · absorb · endure · tough it out · bruise
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
damage/harm reception
take a hitdodge a bullet
Narrowly avoid disaster
weather the storm · hold up · stand firm · come through · withstand
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