throw to the lions
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editthrow 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)
- (transitive, figuratively) To place someone in a difficult situation for which they are completely unprepared.
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edit- “throw someone to the lions”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “throw sb to the lions”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “throw to the lions” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.