Taking A Hit

I am trying to get a sinonym for this expression.

[Tdol]

If you take a hit, you have a setback.

[BobK]

Originally Posted by Tdol

If you take a hit, you have a setback.

There's another meaning as well (it involves a setback, but means more); it's 'accepting a temporary pain/setback in order to achieve some greater benefit'. I know of no synonym for this; that's what idioms are for.

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