throw sb to the dogs
Definition
› 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.Disapproving and criticizingDamaging reputation
(Definition of throw sb to the dogs from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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throw noun (THROWING)
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throw sb back on their own resources idiom
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throw sb off balance idiom
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throw sb out phrasal verb
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throw sb over phrasal verb
- throw sb to the dogs idiom
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throw sb together phrasal verb
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throw sth away phrasal verb
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throw sth away/out phrasal verb
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throw sth back in sb's face idiom
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throw sth in phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- -basher suffix (CRITICIZE)
- -bashing suffix (CRITICIZE)
- aspersions noun
- bad-mouth verb
- be on sb's back idiom
- blast verb (CRITICIZE)
- boo noun
- boo verb
- criticism noun
- denounce verb (CRITICIZE)
- deprecate verb (NOT APPROVE)
- disapproval noun
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing noun (PUNISHMENT)
- niggle verb (CRITICIZE)
- opprobrium noun
- slam verb
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- there you are idiom
- turn on sb phrasal verb
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