How to pronounce “take the flak”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (intransitive, informal) To be strongly criticised.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

take the floor, take a look, take a leak, take the cake, take the field, talk the talk, take a hike, take a walk, talkily, toothlike