"throw under a bus" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: throws under a bus [present, singular, third-person], throwing under a bus [participle, present], threw under a bus [past], thrown under a bus [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> under a bus}} throw under a bus (third-person singular simple present throws under a bus, present participle throwing under a bus, simple past threw under a bus, past participle thrown under a bus)
  1. Alternative form of throw under the bus Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: throw under the bus
    Sense id: en-throw_under_a_bus-en-verb--12zumay Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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