To bear the ~ or take the ~ of something unpleasant means to suffer the main part or force of it.
Young people are bearing the ~ of unemployment...
A child’s head tends to take the ~ of any fall.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR of n
To bear the ~ or take the ~ of something unpleasant means to suffer the main part or force of it.
Young people are bearing the ~ of unemployment...
A child’s head tends to take the ~ of any fall.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012