get the worst of it
idiom
: to lose a fight, argument, battle, etc.
The bruises on his face after the fight showed that he'd gotten the worst of it.
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For this reason, epidemiologists worried that India, a country of 1.4 billion people, would get the worst of it.
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Robert Pearl, Forbes, 17 May 2021
But Simpkins seems to get the worst of it.
—Washington Post, 8 May 2021
But Matthew seemed to get the worst of it, spending a week in bed at a hotel room the family used for isolation.
—NBC News, 4 Oct. 2020
Robert Pearl, Forbes, 17 May 2021
But Simpkins seems to get the worst of it.
—Washington Post, 8 May 2021
But Matthew seemed to get the worst of it, spending a week in bed at a hotel room the family used for isolation.
—NBC News, 4 Oct. 2020
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