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throw to the dogs

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throw someone to the dogs

to allow someone to be criticized or attacked, often in order to protect yourself from being criticized or attacked. I really felt as if I'd been thrown to the dogs just to save other people's reputations.

See also: dog, throw

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It is humbling, and it is afflicting to see so noble a creatur' as this, who has fou't in many a bloody fray, truckling before his superstition like a beggar asking for the bones you would throw to the dogs. The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context More results

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throw on the scrap heap
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throw out
throw out the baby with the bath water
throw the baby out with the bath water
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throw to the dogs
throw to the wolves
throw together
throw up
throw up hands
throw weight around
throw your weight behind
throw/toss hat in the ring

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