Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for get the worst of it

get the worst of it



Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

Also, have the worst of it . Be defeated, experience a disadvantage, or suffer the most harm. For example, In any argument Joe usually gets the worst of it , or If we play the last three games as scheduled, our team is bound to have the worst of it , or The car got the worst of it, and no one was hurt . These phrases survive many older ones (such as go to the worst and come by the worst ) in which worst is used in the sense of “defeat,” a usage dating from about 1500. Also see get the better (best) of .

Advertisement

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


get the upper handget through