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good hiding
noun
A severe thrashing or beating
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Teeming cities and steaming jungles provide plenty of good hiding places, especially for local terrorists.
"It's like getting into a boxing ring," Mr. Davidson said, "and taking a really good hiding".
It's no good hiding in the shadows and hoping we'll go away".
Youths on the estate would brag of giving police a "bloody good hiding".
"We were given a good hiding," said Sale's director of rugby, Steve Diamond.
Make it a closed prison, give everyone a good hiding once a month?
'We gave the police a good hiding and now they have become much more polite.
"We got a good hiding.
As pigments, they show good hiding power and siccative properties when used in oil [246].
"Last time we were at Yorkshire, we gave them a good hiding.
But it is also remote enough to offer a good hiding place.
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