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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.
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Origin of hatchet job

First recorded in 1940–45
Also called ax job.
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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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Idioms and Phrases with hatchet job

hatchet job

see hatchet man, def. 2.

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