From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreceive an injury/blowreceive an injury/blowformal to be injured or hit → receive
Examples from the Corpus
receive an injury/blow• As they straighten, curve the spine and pull in the tummy, as if you have just received a blow.• He went down to protest and himself began to receive blows.• Ben stood transfixed with disbelief, his mouth open, as if he had received a blow across it.• Agnes went to pick her up and received a blow from an elbow that sent her across the room.• Wilson received an injury in the third minute, but that didn't hamper his stand on the game.• His adventure began during a practice game against the Minnesota Vikings when he received a blow to the head.• It was almost as if I had received a blow to the heart.• For his outspokenness, he received a blow to the skull which sent him reeling. 