get the shaft

get the shaft

Sl. to be cheated; to be taken advantage of; to be mistreated. (See also give someone the shaft.) Why do I get the shaft when I did nothing wrong?

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get the shaft  (American informal)

if someone gets the shaft, they are not treated in a fair way The tax system is all wrong - the rich just get richer and it's the poor who get the shaft. (American informal)

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get the shaft

to be treated very unfairly Congress acted, and the average taxpayer once again got the shaft.

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