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get a raw deal

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get a raw deal

to not be treated as well as other people. The fact is that kids who are taught in classes of over thirty get a raw deal.

See also: deal, raw

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I think it's because people are afraid that Americans always get a raw deal.

Now What? by Nichols, John / The Progressive

I like kids, and sometimes kids get a raw deal, so I try to do what I can to help.

DAILY NEWS PEOPLE : FRANK ALEGRIA by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Everyone is convinced they get a raw deal from the press--and everyone, in a sense, is right about that.

Epistemological muddles: religion & the media by Baumann, Paul / Commonweal

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