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"etymology_text": "Attested from the early 1980s, possibly of UK origin.",
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"ref": "1993 January 27, Steven Cronin, “Sitter: Girl ‘Asked For It,’ Woman Told Her”, in Press of Atlantic City",
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},
{
"ref": "2008 October 2, Brian Grow et al., “Dangerous Fakes”, in Business Week, retrieved 2009-03-24",
"text": "\"I got thrown under the bus by BAE,\" she says. \"They did not want to take responsibility, so they pointed at us.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 May 24, Schlock Mercenary",
"text": "Captain Tagon: So, all you did was serve us fast, before [chef] Ch'votlq could deploy his whisk of ruin?\nLiz: Please don't make me throw my new boss under the bus.",
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},
{
"ref": "2023 October 27, Alexander Hurst, “Jean-Luc Mélenchon is a disaster for the French left – his response to the attack on Israel proves it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "If you want to know the deep values that drive someone, sometimes you have to look at who they admire, who they throw under the bus and who they refuse to unreservedly condemn.",
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"(transitive, figuratively, of a person or group) To betray or blame (something or someone), as a scapegoat or otherwise for personal gain."
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"word": "sell down the river"
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"sense": "betray or blame, use as a scapegoat",
"word": "throw to the wolves"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "betray",
"word": "kaste under bussen"
},
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"sense": "betray",
"word": "in die Pfanne hauen"
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"word": "poner a alguien a los pies de los caballos"
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"ref": "2008 July 20, Ken Newton, “Local tiff is the new old thing”, in St. Joseph News-Press, US, retrieved 2021-08-31",
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},
{
"ref": "2013 May 24, Schlock Mercenary",
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"ref": "2023 October 27, Alexander Hurst, “Jean-Luc Mélenchon is a disaster for the French left – his response to the attack on Israel proves it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "betray",
"word": "kaste under bussen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "betray",
"word": "in die Pfanne hauen"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "betray",
"word": "kaste under bussen"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "betray",
"word": "poner a alguien a los pies de los caballos"
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],
"wikipedia": [
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