hard to take
idiom
: difficult to be around due to being rude, annoying, etc.
He's a little hard to take sometimes.
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If Breaking Bad was a show about a man willingly becoming evil, Better Call Saul was a show about a man trying so hard to take the righteous path, but falling victim to everything put in his way.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
The pain of a Preston equaliser would have been hard to take — not just losing two points but letting Sheffield United off the hook in Devon.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Getting indeed silenced again, was really hard to take.
—Lorena Galliot, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
Five years later, the thought of the Los Angeles icon being gone is still hard to take in.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
The pain of a Preston equaliser would have been hard to take — not just losing two points but letting Sheffield United off the hook in Devon.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Getting indeed silenced again, was really hard to take.
—Lorena Galliot, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
Five years later, the thought of the Los Angeles icon being gone is still hard to take in.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard to take
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“Hard to take.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20to%20take. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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