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Idioms & Phrases
raw deal
An instance of unfair or harsh treatment, as in After 25 years with the bank Bob got a raw deal
no pension, no retirement benefits of any kind, just a gold watch. Raw here means "crude" or "unfair." [First half of 1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Raw deal
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
WordNet
| raw deal | |
noun | |
| unfair treatment |
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