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throw someone to the lions
idiom disapproving(alsofeed someone to the lions)
to put someone, or allow someone to be put, into a very unpleasant or difficult situation without helping them, especially as a way of protecting yourself:
He accused his former colleagues of throwing him to the lions.
In my opinion, he was thrown to the lions before being given the chance to explain himself.
I thought I had been fed to the lions but many witnesses came forward to defend me.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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a raw dealidiom
abuser
anti-harassment
at the hands of someoneidiom
batten
batten on someone
hit someone where it hurtsidiom
ill-treat
ill-treatment
ill-used
impose
prey
prey on something
put someone through something
put upon
uncared for
use
victimization
victimize
victimology
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