throw to the lions

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throw 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)

  1. (transitive, figuratively) To place someone in a difficult situation for which they are completely unprepared.

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