get the worst of it
Example Sentences
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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
"We can't just pinpoint who's going to get the worst of it."
From Scientific American • Oct. 29, 2012
There is a sense that the first one out would get the worst of it ...
From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2012
"Oh, if I am to ask for justice, Dolly, I shall get the worst of it," said he, laughing, but not merrily.
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
