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throw someone under the bus
blame someone else to protect yourself
To throw someone under the bus is to blame or sacrifice them so that you can avoid trouble yourself.
Hear it in real life
Why is Tom angry with you?
He threw me under the bus in front of the whole team.
I trusted her, but she threw me under the bus when the manager asked what happened.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He threw me under ‸ bus at work.
Say: He threw me under the bus at work.
Keep “the” in the fixed phrase “under the bus.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
throw someone under the bus; threw someone under the bus
Your turn: say it out loud
I trusted her, but she threw me under the bus when the manager asked what happened.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
throw someone under the bus
blame someone else to protect yourself
“I trusted her, but she threw me under the bus when the manager asked what happened.”
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