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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That could turn out to be a hospital pass to the future and, after an election, to the next government, whatever its political colour.
From BBC • Nov. 17, 2022
He got a hospital pass and attended the viewing.
From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2017
GMT11:29 73 min: Bellerin gives Flamini a hospital pass, and M’Vila nips in to win it, but his shot, again, is pretty ropey.
From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2015
Steven Gerrard's departure was always going to be a hospital pass for one Liverpool manager and it landed at the feet of Rodgers.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2015
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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