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get the worst of it

VERB
meet one's Waterloo
Synonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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Consumers, he adds, "get the worst of it".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

But what parts of the country will get the worst of it?

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Matt Jones’s elbow had turned numb by the time the game ended, and he didn’t even get the worst of it.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2016

In the paragraphs that follow, the recipient’s alleged lovers get the worst of it.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2014

When a Russian hero cannot prevail by force, he will overcome by cunning, so lest thou should get the worst of it, take care and do everything the Russian hero does.”

From Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)




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