get the worst of it
Example Sentences
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Consumers, he adds, "get the worst of it".
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
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
See and don’t quarrel with Mrs. McRankine; and, above all, don’t argue with her, or you’ll get the worst of it.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
