RECEIVING END


Meaning of RECEIVING END in English

the position in which one is subject to some kind of action or effect, esp. an unpleasant one (usually used in the phrase at or on the receiving end ): The corporation is on the receiving end of many complaints about its advertising.

[ 1930-35 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .