pastingnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈpeɪ.stɪŋ/us/ˈpeɪ.stɪŋ/mainly UK informala severe beating, severe criticism, or a severe defeat in a game or competition:
The England team got/took a pasting in the semifinal.
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Hitting and beating
- a bunch of fives idiom
- a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
- at-risk
- bang up sb/sth
- bashing
- deck
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knock sb's block off idiom
- lay
- lay sb out
- licking
- mess sb up
- pound
- pummel
- put the boot in idiom
- swing
- thump
- whack
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