get a beating

Examples (10)

• If I didn't do my chores, I knew I would get a beating from my father.
• Our team is going to get a beating on Saturday if we don't practice more.
• The victim told the police he got a brutal beating from the robbers.
• My stocks got a real beating in the market last week.
• You'll get a beating if you talk back to him like that again.
• The opposition party got a severe beating in the recent election.
• He was afraid he would get a beating for losing the money.
• Small businesses are getting a beating from the new regulations.
• Did he really get a beating just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time?
• After their poor performance, the players knew they were about to get a beating in the press.