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hospital pass noun- the responsibility for a controversial project or task US, 2003
Such a responsibility will inevitably draw down painful and wounding criticism. Derives from an American football usage. - in team sports, a dangerously made pass which allows the opposition a good chance at defence AUSTRALIA
So called because of the risk of injury to the receiver. - Occasionally he served some terrible hospital passes to his enthusiastic young team-mates, but this didn’t seem to worry him much. — Centralian Advocate, p. 40, 3 October 1984
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