drubbing

Converse of object

• take: Has he not read the previous debate on spiked - commissioned by his own organization - where the global warming case took a drubbing?
• give: A piano player of sorts, Race was unceremoniously hauled on stage and given a thorough public drubbing.
• suffer: Labor also suffered a drubbing in Tower Hamlets, losing overall control.
• receive: It is also anticipated Michael Howard will receive a similar drubbing at the hands of the UK Independence party.
• get: I still have hopes that Lancs will get a drubbing in the roses match next week.
• include: They conceded 89 goals, including a 5-1 away drubbing at Watford and, worse, a 5-2 home clattering against Bristol City.

Preposition: at

• hand: The second saw an absolute drubbing at the hands of Blackpool.
• poll: You better start swimming Jim Jepps Labor has taken a drubbing at the polls.

Adjective modifier

• good: It's possible we could get a good drubbing.
• bad: BNP intervention saved UKIP from an even worst drubbing.
• second: Markyate 1 AFC Dunstable 8 A JAMES MCCARTHY hat-trick saw AFC deal out the second drubbing in as many weeks against lowly Markyate.

Noun used with modifier

• derby: The topsy-turvey league was well illustrated as they handed a 5-1 local derby drubbing to Hitchin, with Grant Carney smashing a hatrick.
• home: Coventry City Ladies hit rock bottom with a 7-1 home drubbing by Blackburn Rovers.
• goal: Two seven goal drubbings within a month were frankly embarrassing, and the rifts between supporters and the club became increasingly wide.
• point: The 3rd XV cross Edinburgh to visit Goldenacre looking to build on their 70 point drubbing of Biggar last week.

Possessives

night: Marian Pahars scored two and had one disallowed in last night's 4-0 drubbing of Crystal Palace reserves.

Preposition: in

election: During the 1980s, the Tories recovered from similar drubbings in local elections to win general elections a year or two later.