delegate

delegate (something) to (one)

To assign something, such as a task, to someone else. Oh, I delegated that boring paperwork to the interns immediately. If you're overwhelmed, why don't you delegate some of this stuff to the rest of your team?
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

delegate someone to something

to appoint someone to something; to appoint someone to be something. I will delegate Jane to be our representative. Donna was delegated to attend the conference.
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delegate something to someone

to assign a task to someone; to appoint someone to do a specific task. I will have to delegate this job to Sam, who knows how to do these things. The job was delegated to Sally.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • delegate (something) to (one)
  • delegate to
  • designate
  • designate (someone or something) as (something)
  • designate as
  • consign
  • consign (something) to (someone or something)
  • consign to
  • can't think straight
  • sandbag
References in periodicals archive
Also present in the meeting were the Technical Delegates of Aquatics - Swimming Naddeh, Ibrahim Fadil, Aquatics - Water Polo Kuroda Katsumi, Sepak Takraw - Abdul Kader and Abdul Halim Bin, Agus Antares Mauro of Basketball, Sebastian Lau of Esports and Datu Low Beng Choo of Softball.
Technical delegates laud PH SEA Games venues, preparations
Information on delegate elections will be in workplaces soon.
Becoming a delegate: Being an NZNO delegate is an important, rewarding and essential role
Especially, when you see some delegates sleeping outside, some have not bathed for three days, because those provisions did not go as we wanted.
NDC Displays Incompetence @ Congress
class="MsoNormalAccording to the fund, 67 delegates were to be mobilized randomly from rural delegates who had attended the youth previous convention, 10 delegates were to be mobilized from youth serving organisations while five delegates were to be mobilized by Mr Arnold Maliba, board member at NYC.
Sh42 million lost in youth event that never was
'Delegates have started to demand their rights to freely voice out without being controlled by the decision of anyone.
'Warlord' culture persists in Umno, but survey shows glimmer for change at party polls
In an emergency situation, the RN delegates a task/procedure to an LPN if the RN believes that the risk to the client safety is greater if not delegated.
What is the Difference Between the Assignment and the Delegation of Nursing Care?
In stage 1, player i = 1,2 can decide to hire a risk-neutral delegate i who will compete on his behalf in the contest (for simplicity, we do not take into account that if player i hires a delegate, he saves time to do something else).
Information and endogenous delegation in a rent-seeking contest
DONALD TRUMP has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president.
Trump gathers final few delegates for nomination
The delegate selection process began in earnest on March 19, when more than 10,000 delegates to the state convention were elected at the county and state Senate district levels.
Cruz Lining Up Support in Texas GOP Delegation
In the presidential nominating process, candidates appear to be competing for votes - but they're really competing for delegates. The difference doesn't matter when one candidate has a substantial lead.
Fighting the delegate wars
This useful document explains the formal requirements for the election of a Branch delegate and their duties to be undertaken before, during and after the AGM.
Attending the IOCP Annual General Meeting as a Branch delegate
For many years Ohio physicians have had authority under state law to delegate clinical tasks, including drug administration, to unlicensed staff such as medical assistants.
New Ohio Law allows NPS and PAS to delegate injections to medical assistants
be elected as an Iowa delegate to the American Nurses Association House of Delegates or successor membership assembly; (...)
Bylaw changes for 2012
Finally, there is a current reference to a multi-state nurses association that is recognized as a C/SNA in the ANA Bylaws that is not mentioned in the current HOD Delegate Apportionment policy.
Revision of House of Delegates Policy "representation of CMAs in the ANA House of Delegates"