to take a hammering
1take a hammering — take/get a hammering ► to decrease suddenly and by a large amount in price or value: »Profits will take a hammering when cheap copycat products come on to the market. Main Entry: ↑hammering …
2take a hammering — be subjected to a heavy defeat or harsh treatment …
3take/get a hammering — ► to decrease suddenly and by a large amount in price or value: »Profits will take a hammering when cheap copycat products come on to the market. Main Entry: ↑hammering …
4take — take1 W1S1 [teık] v past tense took [tuk] past participle taken [ˈteıkən] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(action)¦ 2¦(move)¦ 3¦(remove)¦ 4¦(time/money/effort etc)¦ 5¦(accept)¦ 6¦(hold something)¦ 7¦(travel)¦ 8 …
5hammering — ham|mer|ing [ˈhæmərıŋ] n [singular, U] 1.) take a hammering/be given a hammering to be attacked or defeated very severely ▪ The city took a real hammering during the war. 2.) the sound of someone hitting something with a hammer or with their… …
6hammering — noun (singular) 1 give/take a hammering to attack or be attacked very severely: Dresden took a real hammering during the war. 2 the sound of someone hitting something with a hammer or with their fists (=closed hands): There was a hammering at the …
7hammering — /ˈhæmərɪŋ / (say hamuhring) noun 1. the act of using a hammer: the sound of hammering met my ears. 2. Colloquial a beating; hiding. –phrase 3. take a hammering, Colloquial a. to be beaten up. b. to be subjected to intense cross examination or… …
8hammering — UK US /ˈhæmərɪŋ/ noun [C, usually singular] ● take/get a hammering Cf. take/get a hammering …
9get a hammering — take/get a hammering ► to decrease suddenly and by a large amount in price or value: »Profits will take a hammering when cheap copycat products come on to the market. Main Entry: ↑hammering …
10hammering — noun 1 noise ADJECTIVE ▪ loud ▪ constant, incessant VERB + HAMMERING ▪ hear PREPOSITION ▪ …
