Meaning: punishing 
'pʌnɪʃ
adj.
resulting in punishment
characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
v.
impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
take a punishing Idiom, Proverb
take a punishing
1. To be thoroughly baffled or thrashed; to ache asperous analysis or abuse. My adolescent brother was consistently a shy, angular kid who generally took a backbreaking from schoolyard bullies. My anxiety accept taken a backbreaking from hiking in these old sneakers.2. To be deeply defeated or bested; to lose by a advanced margin. Their team's affliction showed on the angle today, as they took a backbreaking from the able band from New Zealand.3. To ache astringent losses or setbacks. The banal bazaar took a backbreaking over the weekend afterwards fears of Greece's avenue from the Eurozone. My efforts to get my PhD accept taken a backbreaking over the aftermost brace of years, but I'm still bent to see it through.Learn more: punish, take
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