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Take a Beating
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Take a Beating
Informal; to lose a significant amount on an investment very quickly. For example, if one buys a stock for $95 per share and a year later it is trading for $40 per share, one has taken a beating in that stock.


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Our defenders have taken a beating, but we've licked our wounds and we have to show a bit of spirit," insisted McNaughton.
Speaking before the US-ASEAN Business Council in New York, Abhisit said he was committed to wooing US investors to Thailand, whose economy was taken a beating both from the global downturn and the kingdom's chaotic politics.
Speaking before the US-ASEAN Business Council in New York, Abhisit said he was committed to wooing US investors to Thailand, whose economy was taken a beating both from the global downturn and the kingdom's chaotic politics.
 
 
 
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