get the worst of

[get the worst of] also [have the worst of] {v. phr.}

To lose; be defeated or beaten in; suffer most.

* /Joe got the worst of the argument with Molly./

- Often used in the phrase "the worst of it".

* /If you start a fight with Jim, you may get the worst of it./

* /Bill had the worst of it in his race with Al./

* /Jack traded his knife for a few marbles; he got the worst of it in that trade./

* /The driver of the car got the worst of it in the accident./

Contrast: GET THE BETTER OF(2).

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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