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Hatchet job
hatchet job
(hatchet jobs) To do a hatchet job on someone or something means to say or write something mentioning many bad things about them, which harms their reputation. (INFORMAL) Unfortunately, his idea of bold journalism was a hatchet job, portraying the staff in a negative light. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N on n
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2.
~ n do a hatchet job on informal to criticize someone severely and unfairly in a newspaper, on television etc (Republican columnists did a hatchet job on Dukakis.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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{n. phr.}, {slang} 1. The act of saying or writing terrible things about someone or something, usually on behalf of one's boss or organization. * /When Phil makes speeches against the competition exaggerating their weaknesses, he is doing the hatchet job on behalf of our president./ 2. A ruthless, wholesale job of editing a script whereby entire paragraphs or pages are omitted. * /Don, my editor, did a hatchet job on my new novel./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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