on the receiving end

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• at the receiving end

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Prepositional phrase

on the receiving end

1. (idiomatic) being the victim of an unpleasant action

   I have always been on the receiving end of his unpredictable temper.

   • 2024 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 6-0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     And their job was done after a sensational opening burst brought four goals in the first 25 minutes as Chelsea were left bedraggled, humiliated and on the receiving end of their worst defeat since they lost 7-0 at Nottingham Forest in April 1991.