drubbing
Collocations
4ADJ.
critical
VERB + DRUBBING
gave, got
DRUBBING + NOUN
competition, critics
PREP.
after, after, from, out, with
Definitions
noun
A severe beating.
His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
Yet upon its release in Germany the first world war drama has been at the receiving end of a critical drubbing, with critics complaining that it turns a beloved literary classic into a spectacle “horny for an Oscar”, and military historians bemoaning its “black-and-white” historical inaccuracies.
A thorough defeat.
The debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
Leighton Baines's deflected free-kick added yet more late gloss to the drubbing, the Everton player celebrating his first competitive start with England's first goal direct from a free-kick since David Beckham scored against Ecuador at the 2006 World Cup.
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5His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.
WiktionaryYet upon its release in Germany the first world war drama has been at the receiving end of a critical drubbing, with critics complaining that it turns a beloved literary classic into a spectacle “horn
WiktionaryThe debate team got a drubbing from the competition.
WiktionaryWe gave the enemy a drubbing.
Tatoeba · #29192After its drubbing at the polls, the party has to reinvent itself.
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