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in the worst way



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Idioms and Phrases

Desperately, very much, as in He wanted a new trumpet in the worst way . This usage replaced worst kind . [ Colloquial ; second half of 1800s]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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