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sacrificial lamb
noun as in hostage
noun as in immolation
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Example Sentences
She got to be the designated sacrificial lamb to run against Joe Biden in 2008, and got 35 percent of the vote.
From The Daily Beast
Our guide, who had listened intently, told us that the sacrificial lamb was now to be brought.
From Project Gutenberg
Then she went upstairs to the room where the girls were sitting, and the sacrificial lamb was sent down into the drawing-room.
From Project Gutenberg
Why is the innocence of that sacrificial lamb so pathetic to my sight?
From Project Gutenberg
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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