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hatchet job

American  

noun

  1. a maliciously destructive critique or act.

    The special committee has done a hatchet job on the new proposal.
hatchet job British  

noun

  1. informal a malicious or devastating verbal or written attack

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hatchet job Idioms  

  1. see hatchet man, def. 2.

Etymology

Origin of hatchet job

First recorded in 1940–45

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