fall on a grenade

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fall on a grenade (third-person singular simple present falls on a grenade, present participle falling on a grenade, simple past fell on a grenade, past participle fallen on a grenade)

  1. To sacrifice oneself for the sake of others.
    • 2000, U.S. News & World Report, volume 129, numbers 1-8, page 99:
      Another longtime Gore adviser says: "Nobody would fall on a grenade for him. People respect him but don't love him. He just doesn't inspire that kind of loyalty."
    • 2007, George Pitagorsky, The Zen Approach to Project Management:
      It is unrealistic in most project settings to expect a team member to “fall on a grenade” to sacrifice his life for the sake of his teammates.

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