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[hatchet job]
{n. phr.}, {slang} 1. The act of saying or writingterrible things about someone
or something, usually on behalf of one'sboss or organization.
When Phil makes
speeches against thecompetition exaggerating their weaknesses, he is doing the
hatchet jobon behalf of our president.
2. A ruthless, wholesale job of editing
ascript whereby entire paragraphs or pages are omitted.
Don, myeditor, did a
hatchet job on my new novel.
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