"throw to the lions" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: throws to the lions [present, singular, third-person], throwing to the lions [participle, present], threw to the lions [past], thrown to the lions [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> to the lions}} throw to the lions (third-person singular simple present throws to the lions, present participle throwing to the lions, simple past threw to the lions, past participle thrown to the lions)
  1. (transitive, figuratively) To place someone in a difficult situation for which they are completely unprepared. Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: feed to the lions, toss to the lions Related terms: throw to the dogs, throw to the wolves Translations (Translations): jättää oman onnensa nojaan (Finnish), heittää leijonille (Finnish), jeter aux lions (French), rzucić lwom na pożarcie [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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