noun
- An act that is not just: disservice, inequity, injustice, wrong. Law injury. See law, right/wrong.
raw deal
| Thesaurus: raw deal |
| Idioms: 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]
| WordNet: raw deal |
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
unfair treatment
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| Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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