Economically, the country is going through a bad patch.
»The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly loss since going public.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
hit a bad/difficult/rough patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly … Financial and business terms
go through a bad/difficult/rough patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly … Financial and business terms
hit a difficult/rough patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly … Financial and business terms
go through a difficult/rough patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly … Financial and business terms
hit a rough patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly … Financial and business terms
hit a bad patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly … Financial and business terms
go through a rough patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly … Financial and business terms
patch — UK US /pætʃ/ noun [C] ► IT a small computer program that can repair a problem with software: »You can download a patch to fix the problem. ● go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch Cf. hit a rough patch … Financial and business terms
hit a difficult patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly … Financial and business terms
go through a difficult patch — go through/hit a bad/difficult/rough patch INFORMAL ► to experience a lot of problems in a short period of time: »Economically, the country is going through a bad patch. »The company hit a rough patch last year, which included its first quarterly … Financial and business terms
