witches' brew

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noun
  1. a potent magical concoction supposedly prepared by witches.

  2. a harmful or threatening mixture; diabolical concoction: a witches' brew of innuendo and rumor.

Origin of witches' brew

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First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use witches' brew in a sentence

  • And for wolfbane and hellbore and all other hideous herbs that witches brew in their caldrons.

  • The first man we came to at the edge of the camp was cleaning a sort of cauldron thing like witches brew bats in.

    The Wouldbegoods | E. Nesbit