˜yĐÄvlog

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handbasket

[ hand-bas-kit, -bah-skit ]

noun

  1. a small basket with a handle for carrying by hand.


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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of handbasket1

First recorded in 1485–95; hand + basket
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. go to hell in a handbasket, to degenerate quickly and decisively:

    The economy has gone to hell in a handbasket.

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Example Sentences

“Without him, America has gone to hell in a handbasket,” Nguyen said.

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But mostly he whined about how stupid all the other leaders are and complained about how the country has gone to hell in a handbasket while promising to make America great again.

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"I think they thought they could control it, and they realized that their recruiting efforts were going to go to hell in a handbasket if the truth about his death got out," he contended.

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“Givers of Death” belongs to a fascinating subgenre: The world has gone to hell in a handbasket, so what do you hold on to?

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Moulton said that the American effort in Afghanistan “didn’t go to hell in a handbasket with the withdrawal” and that the country does not need a “narrow investigation focused on just President Biden.”

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Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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