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单词 to roll with the punches
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to roll with the punches
P9. to roll with the punches and variants: (of a boxer) to move the body, esp. the head, away from the opponent's blows so as to lessen the impact. Now usually figurative: to adapt oneself to adverse circumstances.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > box [verb (intransitive)] > give in
to sky the wipe (or towel)1907
to roll with the punches1910
to pull one's punches1931
to lead with one's chin1949
the world > action or operation > behaviour > adaptability to circumstances > adapt to circumstances [verb (intransitive)]
temporize1555
accommodate1597
localizea1631
to piece in1636
attemper1807
trim1888
adapt1910
reorient1916
adjust1924
to trim one's sails to the wind1928
to roll with the punches1956
1910 Washington Post 28 June 9/4 Johnson would allow his head to roll with each punch, one of his ways of lessening the force of the blows.
1951 J. J. Walsh Boxing Simplified viii. 32 In an actual bout he will not have so much time to roll with the blow.
1956 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy ii. 15 He had mastered the trick of rolling with the punches, rendering himself invisible when a crisis darkened the neighbouring skies.
1963 J. Crosby With Love & Loathing 48 Madison Avenue rolls with the blow; it watches carefully which direction the cookie crumbles.
2009 Retirement Income Reporter (Nexis) Feb. 9 People like him, who have secure jobs and deep-in-the-money mortgages, are rolling with the punches these days.
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