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worse

See:

BARK WORSE THAN ONE'S BITE,

FOR BETTER OR WORSE or FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE,

FOR THE WORSE,

GO FROM BAD TO WORSE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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