Oct 28, 2006 13:24
18 yrs ago
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English term
Sanjiv Sadan (X)
dumping ground
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It is because of this that the government had put forth the proposal for an independent state cadre, but the ministry, which requires a dumping ground, refused to cooperate and give the State an independent state cadre, he stated.
What is the meaning of "dumping ground" here?
What is the meaning of "dumping ground" here?
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| 3 +3 | somewhere to put people it doesn't really want without sacking them. |
David Knowles
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| 4 | a literal or metaphorical place to deposit waste.... |
muitoprazer (X)
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| 3 | a convenient pigeon-hole |
David Moore (X)
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David Knowles
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somewhere to put people it doesn't really want without sacking them.
I'd need more context to be sure.
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a convenient pigeon-hole
or someone/an authority or office etc. which they can make responsible for whatever it is - you could give us a little more context here, I think?
6 mins
a literal or metaphorical place to deposit waste....
but metaphorical here as it refers to a space to deposit unwanted unneccesary ideas.!
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