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Meaning of raw deal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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 either nothing or much less than was expected.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch Gemeinheit
Galego porcallada

Examples

“The night Santa went crazy The night St. Nick went insane Realized he'd been gettin' a raw deal Something finally must have snapped in his brain”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

raw foodism raw foodist raw lobster raw material raw milk raw mill

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