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get it in the neck

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get it in the neck

Sl. to receive trouble or punishment. You are going to get it in the neck if you are not home on time. I got it in the neck for being late.

See also: get, neck

get it in the neck

  (British & Australian informal)

to be punished or criticized for something that you have done It always seems to be the chairman of these football clubs who gets it in the neck when the team does badly.

See also: get, neck

get it in the neck

tv. to receive something bad, such as punishment or criticism. (see also pain in the neck.) Jimmy was afraid he’d get it in the neck for being late.

See also: get, neck