throw (someone) to the wolves

British, American & Australian, Australian

to cause someone to be in a situation where they are criticized strongly or treated badly and to not try to protect them.

No one warned me what sort of people I would be dealing with. I felt I'd been thrown to the wolves.

• put someone over the top
• put someone over your knee
• put someone's back up
• put someone's mind at ease
• put someone's mind at rest
• put someone's nose out of joint
• put someone through
• put someone through hell
• put someone through hoops
• put someone through paces
• put someone through something
• put someone through their paces
• put someone through the mill
• put someone through the wringer
• put someone to death
• put someone to shame
• put someone to sleep
• put someone to the test
• put something back on the rails
• put something back on track
• put something behind
• put something behind someone
• put something behind something
• put something behind you
• put something down to experience