They may be taken on the chin

Usage examples of uppercuts.

I saw that in clinches his elbows were tucked in to deflect body shots, leaving him open for jarring little uppercuts that would bring up his guard and set him up for counter hooks to the ribs.

I developed a bad case of hiccups, more like a series of jabbing uppercuts to the chin.

Every time he gets in close, Jack ties him up, then gets one hand loose and uppercuts him, but when Walcott gets his hands loose he socks Jack in the body so they can hear it outside in the street.

But, staggering under a machine-gun fire of short hooks and uppercuts, he suddenly ripped up an uppercut of his own.

Harry had boxed for the Navy in his time and he dealt out straight rights, lefts and uppercuts in the best traditions of the boxing ring.

In a flash Frank and Joe delivered stinging uppercuts to their opponents' jaws.