Complete Definition of "hatchet job"

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Noun
en-noun|sg=hatchet job

  1. idiom A treatment which serves primarily to disparage its subject; a piece of criticism which aims to destroy a reputation.

#:"State of Denial" by Bob Woodward is accused of being nothing more than an election year hatchet job by many Republicans.

Related terms
hatchet man

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