a raw deal
Definition
› bad or unfair treatment: He said that many children in the city's schools were getting/being given a raw deal by being taught in classes that were too large.Treating people or animals badlyInsults and abuseUnkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressive
(Definition of a raw deal from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten on sb phrasal verb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- be put upon phrasal verb
- bleed sb dry idiom
- harassment noun
- have your knife into sb idiom
- hell noun
- hit sb where it hurts idiom
- ill-treat verb
- persecute verb
- persecution noun
- persecutor noun
- pick on sb phrasal verb
- prey on sb phrasal verb
- trample verb (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT)
- treat sb like dirt idiom
- trespass on/upon sth phrasal verb
- tyrannical adjective
- tyrannize verb
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