throw under the bus (English, verb)
expansion: throw under the bus (third-person singular simple present throws under the bus, present participle throwing under the bus, simple past threw under the bus, past participle thrown under the bus)
Senses:
glosses: To betray or blame (something or someone); to deliberately put (something or someone) in an unfavorable situation and then leave to their fate; to make (something or someone) into a scapegoat or otherwise abandon for personal gain.
tags: transitive
raw_tags: of a person or group
qualifier: idea
glosses: To discard or disown.
tags: transitive
usually
raw_tags: of a thing
Forms:
form: throws under the bus
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: throwing under the bus
tags: participle
present
form: threw under the bus
tags: past
form: thrown under the bus
tags: participle
past
form: throw under a bus
tags: alternative