HATCHET MAN


Meaning of HATCHET MAN in English

( hatchet men)

You can refer to someone who makes changes in an organization by getting rid of lots of people as a hatchet man , especially if you think they do so in an unnecessarily harsh way. ( INFORMAL )

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

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