| Word | Sacrifice someone on the altar of = Sacrifice something on the altar of |
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| Description | Make someone or something suffer in the interests of someone or something else. 1994 - Post Denver - The cherished goal of a color-blind society has been sacrificed on the altar of political expediency. Make someone or something suffer in the interests of someone |
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