Examples:

• I took the criticism on the chin and went on working on the project until I succeeded.
• He took the heavyweight champ's deadly left hook on the chin, and he was knocked out cold then and there.
• The truth is that Britain is simply going take it on the chin for a while.
• He just took the criticism on the chin and kept working on his art.
• They didn’t go easy on him, but he took it on the chin, and got through the interrogation.
• I know you're feeling down about the loss, but just take it on the chin and practice harder tomorrow.
• When he lost that money he said he would have to take it on the chin.
• They laid some blunt criticism on him, but he took it on the chin. I knew he could take it on the nose.
• They really threw the book at him but he took it all on the chin.
• But you've got to take it on the chin.
• The negotiations were brutal but she took it on the chin and didn’t cave in.