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catch hell

verb

Definitions

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

  2. To experience troubling or difficult times.

    • The family on the other side of town / Would catch hell without a ghetto around / In every city you find the same thing going down / Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town / Help me sing it
    • 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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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA