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hatchet job

noun

  1. a maliciously destructive critique or act.

    The special committee has done a hatchet job on the new proposal.



hatchet job

noun

  1. informala malicious or devastating verbal or written attack

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hatchet job1

First recorded in 1940–45
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Idioms and Phrases

see hatchet man, def. 2.
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Which doesn’t mean “Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life,” is a hatchet job.

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Trump also claimed the film was "fake" and a "hatchet job" released right before the 5 November vote "to try and hurt" his campaign.

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"I just thought, this must be some hatchet job. There is absolutely no way that Buffy Sainte-Marie could be a 'pretendian,'" he said, using the term used to describe people who feign indigenous ancestry.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is condemning the indictment of Trump, his chief rival for the Republican presidential nomination, as a political hatchet job.

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“His role is to do a hatchet job,” Mr. McGovern said.

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