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cat's-paw

[kats-paw] / ˈkætsˌpɔ /


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The Tesla board, therefore, has once again behaved as Musk’s cat’s-paw.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

But it must begin with so-far-absent strategic analysis that includes keeping us from being a cat’s-paw for others’ ambitions.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2016

His cat's-paw presented itself in the shape of Millais.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2013

But from there on, not even the cat's-paw should be let out of the bag.

From Time Magazine Archive

At first everyone who held a cat's-paw invitation wanted to be the one to give up his gift, but I did not want that.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg




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