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
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)
