hatchet job

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noun
  1. a maliciously destructive critique or act: The special committee has done a hatchet job on the new proposal.

Origin of hatchet job

1
First recorded in 1940–45

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British Dictionary definitions for hatchet job

hatchet job

noun
  1. informal a malicious or devastating verbal or written attack

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Other Idioms and Phrases with hatchet job

hatchet job

see hatchet man, def. 2.

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