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shaft
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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.

give someone the shaft (American, informal)

get the shaft - if someone gets the shaft, they are not treated in a fair way. They gave him the shaft - he lost his job for no reason at all.
See also: give
get the shaft
to be treated very unfairly. Congress acted, and the average taxpayer once again got the shaft.
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