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Catch hell

verb, slang

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  1. 1
    To be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten. idiomatic, slang

    "It’s not exactly a Pixar-level examination of complicated family dynamics, and the movie still has plenty of knuckled-headed, Sandler-style boys-will-be-dumbasses shtick: Children everywhere will surely thrill to the sub-subplot about Frank catching hell about his gambling problem from his wife, Eunice (Fran Drescher)!"

  2. 2
    To experience troubling or difficult times. idiomatic, slang, uncommon

    "I'm catching hell living here alone / Hmm, I never realized, oh, Lord / That you mean so much to me / I'm catching hell living here alone"

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