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get the worst of it

VERB
meet one's Waterloo
Synonyms
WEAK


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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

He knew that he had not been the one to get the worst of it, and so did his companions.

From The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze by Patchin, Frank Gee




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