HATCHET JOB Definition & Meaning

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hatchet job

noun

a maliciously destructive critique or act:
The special committee has done a hatchet job on the new proposal.

hatchet job

noun

informal.
a malicious or devastating verbal or written attack

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of hatchet job¹

First recorded in 1940–45

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Idioms and Phrases

see hatchet man , def. 2.

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Trump also claimed the film was "fake" and a "hatchet job" released right before the 5 November vote "to try and hurt" his campaign.

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"I just thought, this must be some hatchet job. There is absolutely no way that Buffy Sainte-Marie could be a 'pretendian,'" he said, using the term used to describe people who feign indigenous ancestry.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is condemning the indictment of Trump, his chief rival for the Republican presidential nomination, as a political hatchet job.

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“His role is to do a hatchet job,” Mr. McGovern said.

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The Commanders later called the committee’s investigation “a politically inspired hatchet job.”

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