"raw deal" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-raw deal.ogg [Australia] Forms: raw deals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} raw deal (plural raw deals)
  1. (idiomatic) A situation in which a person is taken advantage of or treated unfairly; a situation in which a person is led to expect something, but receives nothing or much less than expected. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: bum deal, rum deal Related terms: short end of the stick
    Sense id: en-raw_deal-en-noun-RnkygfWL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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