To receive the brunt of another's anger, scorn, or scolding. If I get home past curfew again, I'm really going to catch the devil from my parents!I know Tom caught the devil from the boss for the mistake in his report.Listen, you're gonna catch the devil from the other committee members if you keep blowing off meetings.
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