get the worst of it

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

The engineers and conductors that operate the trains routinely get the worst of it because railroads cannot predict exactly when trains, which run around the clock, will be ready to leave.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 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

I'd get the worst of it if I did.

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil