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"(literally) A pass (for schools, military, etc.) exempting one from regular activities, to instead visit a hospital for treatment"
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"ref": "2009 (23 November), Mark Fleming \"Kakuta puts rare talent on display\", The Independent (London)",
"text": "His first touch was horrid – a hospital pass to Juliano Belletti – but from that moment on his eye-catching football was wonderful to witness."
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"ref": "2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France",
"text": "Flood popped out a careless off-load deep in the French 22 to allow a clearing kick to snuff out the danger, and when Nick Easter tried to rumble from deep within his own 22 his hospital pass to Tuilagi triggered another knock-on.",
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"A poorly executed pass to a team-mate, who is likely to lose the ball as a result. (Originally rugby union, where the recipient of a hospital pass is a sitting duck for a hard tackle.)"
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"(figuratively, sports, Britain, Australia, Ireland) A poorly executed pass to a team-mate, who is likely to lose the ball as a result. (Originally rugby union, where the recipient of a hospital pass is a sitting duck for a hard tackle.)"
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"ref": "1997 (23 July) Gary Streeter, Hansard HC Deb vol 298 c980",
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"(by extension) a promotion or delegation which is likely to end in failure or ignominy; a poisoned chalice"
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"A throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital."
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"(figuratively, Ultimate Frisbee) A throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital."
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},
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