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raw deals

raw deals is the plural of raw deal.

Meaning of raw deal

Noun

raw deal (plural raw deals)

  1. (idiomatic) A situation in which a person is taken advantage of or treated unfairly; a situation in which a person is led to expect something, but receives either nothing or much less than was expected.
    • The night Santa went crazy
      The night St. Nick went insane
      Realized he'd been gettin' a raw deal
      Something finally must have snapped in his brain1996, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “The Night Santa Went Crazy”, in Bad Hair Day
    Synonyms:
    bum deal, rum deal

Questions about raw deals

What is raw deals the plural of?
Raw deals is the plural of raw deal.

Words near raw deals in the dictionary

  1. raw back
  2. raw bar
  3. raw bars
  4. raw data
  5. raw deal
  6. raw deals
  7. raw dog
  8. raw dogged
  9. raw dogging
  10. raw dogs
  11. raw food

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