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2 ○ ( defeat) to take ou get a hammering prendre une dérouillée ○ ;3 ○ ( tough treatment) to give sth a hammering descendre [qch] en flammes ○ [play, film] ; critiquer sévèrement [proposal, measure].
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take 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 … Financial and business terms
take a hammering — be subjected to a heavy defeat or harsh treatment … Useful english dictionary
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 … Financial and business terms
take — 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 … Dictionary of contemporary English
hammering — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hammering — 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 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hammering — /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… …
hammering — UK US /ˈhæmərɪŋ/ noun [C, usually singular] ● take/get a hammering Cf. take/get a hammering … Financial and business terms
get 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 … Financial and business terms
hammering — noun 1 noise ADJECTIVE ▪ loud ▪ constant, incessant VERB + HAMMERING ▪ hear PREPOSITION ▪ … Collocations dictionary
take — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ badly ▪ She took the news of her father s death very badly. ▪ seriously ▪ I wanted to be taken seriously as an artist … Collocations dictionary
