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idiombe given a bloody nose BrEBrE(also get a bloody nose)to be defeated or made to fail in a way that you did not expect and that makes you seem weak or stupid:The Prime Minister admitted that his party had been given a bloody nose by discounted voters in the local elections.The company got a bloody nose when it launched a software package in direct competition with its smaller rival.If you send a UN peacekeeping force into a situation of civil war, it must be strong enough to promise either side a bloody nose.
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