hospital pass
Britishnoun
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sport a pass made to a team-mate who will be tackled heavily as soon as the ball is received
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a task or project that will inevitably bring heavy criticism on the person to whom it has been assigned
Example Sentences
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Asked who would want to replace the lead counsel, Mr Watson replied: "In my vote no-one. It's a hospital pass."
From BBC • Oct. 6, 2022
England spinner Jack Leach should not have been selected for the first Ashes Test and has been given "a hospital pass", says Phil Tufnell.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2021
He got a hospital pass and attended the viewing.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2017
Pullin: "It was a bloody hospital pass, to be frank."
From The Guardian • Jan. 27, 2013
At the time he obtained his hospital pass, Scheidt was working as a billing clerk at a Kissimmee doctor's office.
From Reuters • Oct. 7, 2011
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