shafted
shafted
slang Cheated or swindled; unfairly deprived or taken advantage of; screwed (over). I always bring my dad with me when I go to get my car repaired, because I'm always nervous I'll end up getting shafted by the mechanics. We should have won that game, but we were really shafted by the ref.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
shafted
mod. beaten; bested; cheated. I really got shafted in that deal.
See also: shaft
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- blued, screwed, and tattooed
- screwed, blued, and tattooed
- tattoo
- get screwed
- get the shaft
- get taken to the cleaners (by someone)
- be taken to the cleaners (by someone)
- cleaner
- get snowed
- snowed