'No hit', twice: Kent ace resolved to accept defeat (4,2,2,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
take it on the chin
'accept defeat' is the definition.
'no hit twice kent ace resolved' is the wordplay.
'hit twice' means two replacements for 'hit'.
'resolved' is an anagram indicator.
'no'+'hit'+'hit'+'kent'+'ace'='nohithitkentace'
'nohithitkentace' with letters rearranged gives 'TAKE IT ON THE CHIN'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for take it on the chin that I've seen before include "Accept defeat stoically" , "Be courageous" , "facing razor blade?" , "as a boxer might?" , "But would featureless wonders > face adversity thus" .)