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pasting
noun
a beating UK, 1851
Either physical or figurative.- [A] couple of the Jefferson crew peeling off and giving the boys a pasting — John King, Human Punk, p. 106, 2000
- As ever, British share traders are slavishly following the trend on Wall Street, which took a pasting in the wake of the Greenspan announcement. — The Guardian, 21 March 2001
- They [London Labour MPs] are terrified of a pasting for the government at the local elections next May. — New Statesman, 15 October 2001
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