gets it in the neck
gets it in the neck is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get it in the neck.
Meaning of get it in the neck
Verb
get it in the neck (third-person singular simple present gets it in the neck, present participle getting it in the neck, simple past and past participle got it in the neck)
- To receive severe criticism or punishment for something one has done.
- […] or the 400% increase in the regressive social security payroll tax the average-income family has had to take over the last twenty years just to support it now. (I can't claim my lover as spouse either—another example where gays get it in the neck from our present tax syntem).1976 August 21, A. Nolder Gay, “Another View”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 8, page 4
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