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receiving end Related to receiving end: on a roll, want for nothing, pulling the strings, no availreceiving endn. The position in which one is subject to an often unpleasant action or effect: elderly patients on the receiving end of Medicare cutbacks.receiv′ing end`
n. the position in which one is subject to some action or effect, esp. an unpleasant one (usu. used in the phrase at or on the receiving end). [1930–35]
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