get a lot of stick

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get a lot of stick (third-person singular simple present gets a lot of stick, present participle getting a lot of stick, simple past got a lot of stick, past participle (UK) got a lot of stick or (US) gotten a lot of stick)

  1. (slang, idiomatic) To be criticized or judged unfairly for something that one has done.