Verb (used with object) : Latin grammar was drubbed into their heads. From Dictionary.com.
After his party's midterm drubbing, is it time for Obama back down?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
The midterm drubbing for the Democrats masks the many encouraging auguries for the president. From Wordnik.com. [Why Barack Obama is looking good for a second term in 2012] Reference
Obama is rebounding from his party's midterm drubbing with the kind of lame-duck victories any White House would want. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
So he will be at risk of the same kind of midterm drubbing in 2010 that Ronald Reagan received in 1982 and Bill Clinton did in 1994. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Mount Telegram - Business] Reference
Or as Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC keeps calling it, a "drubbing" - I really like that word!. From Wordnik.com. [Uncommitted Super-Del: How Could I Tell My Black Constituents I'm Backing Hillary?] Reference
Or is he hoping that a quiet, flavorless novel won't attract the kind of drubbing he himself is used to handing out?. From Wordnik.com. [Advice for Unmarried Men Clogs Critic's Toothless Novel] Reference
Lots of Republicans would also be on the side of some stimulus after the kind of drubbing they just had at the polls. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2008] Reference
David Broder declares that the president-elect has taken a "drubbing" from these incidents. From Wordnik.com. [Pajamas Media] Reference
MARTIN: All the more impressive after that drubbing in Game 1. From Wordnik.com. ['Shop Talk': Lakers Claim NBA Title] Reference
And we wanted to see how he would bounce back from a real drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [As Strasburg Takes Mound, Hype Gives Way To Reality] Reference
With his French method of fencing, he had given them a good drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
'Ten ships have struck, and I have no doubt of giving them a drubbing.'. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
The drubbing has led some politicians on the left to shift their priorities. From Wordnik.com. [Who Needs Peace, Love, And Understanding, Anyway?] Reference
The party took a similar drubbing in regional and Senate elections last fall. From Wordnik.com. [THE FAB BLAIR BOYS] Reference
When Harrison angrily refused, the shoemaker proceeded to give him a drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
That old Lady Bull who got you such a drubbing yesterday, is in a pretty mess. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of a Dog, and a Good Dog Too] Reference
That said, all the mishaps won't necessarily translate into an electoral drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [The Terrible Twins] Reference
We halted here at night and on Monday the enemy came on and we gave them a good drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
Setting his teeth for the drubbing he felt certain he would receive, he struck out blindly. From Wordnik.com. [The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country] Reference
The aviator jacket has kicked off with the equivalent of Chelsea's 6-0 drubbing of West Brom. From Wordnik.com. [The aviator jacket takes off] Reference
Massa took another critical drubbing just for trying to help out some crime victims one night. From Wordnik.com. [Scorching The Screen] Reference
Tottenham were fully aware that they had been on the brink of a drubbing before rallying in Berne. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Crouch steers Tottenham Hotspur into the Champions League] Reference
"What the devil to do with this fellow, short, of giving him a drubbing, I do not know," said Picton. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Just ask the police chiefs or bar-keepers of any foreign city where the national side has taken a drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [Swede Rules Britannia] Reference
Now many in the media are interpreting the BJP's drubbing as a defeat for reform, once again ignoring facts. From Wordnik.com. [Viewpoint: India Isn't Shining] Reference
Our lines are now good and if they dare come on without their shipping I hope we shall give them a drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn] Reference
In the year 1605 he gave the Turks such a terrific drubbing that they made no more trouble during his long reign. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Persia] Reference
He was bald and bent, because his wife had quarreled with him too often and looked to see if he didn't need a drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
If events deviate even a little from that scenario, on the upside or the downside, investors could be in for a drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [Corporate-Bond Rally Killers] Reference
But his show attracted big crowds -- 36,000 spectators in just two months -- so such a critical drubbing begged explanation. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome To The Hotel California] Reference
For the first time in a decade, it can hope to compete head to head with Microsoft -- and come away with more than a drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [Lou's Big Deal] Reference
Germany, since its 8-0 drubbing of Saudi Arabia in the opener, has struggled for goals and was even outplayed by the United States. From Wordnik.com. [The Clash Of The Titans] Reference
It may even top the 1.15 million viewers that watched the Eastern Conference's 9-4 drubbing of the Western Conference on ABC in 2000. From Wordnik.com. [Do European Clubs Boost All-Star Ratings?] Reference
Once again Washington has misjudged Saddam's staying power, assuming wrongly that no Arab leader could survive such a military drubbing. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's Rude Surprise] Reference
I'm impatient with critics who blame small investors for being "too greedy" during the bubble, as if you deserved the drubbing you took. From Wordnik.com. [No, You're Not To Blame] Reference
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