on/at the receiving end

idiom

: in the position of having something bad or unpleasant directed at one
It's not often that I find myself on the receiving end of such insults.

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Last year, generative AI startups Suno and Udio were on the receiving end of music industry lawsuits. Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025 Dortmund, Young Boys and Crvena Zvezda were all on the receiving end of goals scored from such headers into the six-yard box. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2025 Klum and Kaulitz, who tied the knot in 2019, have been on the receiving end of hateful remarks due to their 17-year age gap. Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025 Africa had the largest increase in shipments on the receiving end at 42.4 percent. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on/at the receiving end

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“On/at the receiving end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%2Fat%20the%20receiving%20end. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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