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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Take the drumming

Hi

Could you please offer me a few expressions of the same meaning?

Take the drumming (to be defeated badly)

Thanks,

Tom

  

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I don't think you mean 'take the drumming'. What you are presumably referring to is 'take a drubbing'. You could also say 'get thrashed' or 'take a thrashing'; 'get a walloping' (colloquially, possibly Brit.

— David Hatton

  • I don't think you mean 'take the drumming'.
  • What you are presumably referring to is 'take a drubbing'.
  • You could also say 'get thrashed' or 'take a thrashing'; 'get a walloping' (colloquially, possibly Brit.
  • English); 'take a hammering'...
  • I'm sure there are many more!
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I don't think you mean 'take the drumming'. What you are presumably referring to is 'take a drubbing'.

You could also say 'get thrashed' or 'take a thrashing'; 'get a walloping' (colloquially, possibly Brit. English); 'take a hammering'... I'm sure there are many more!

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