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English translation: to throw a pre-election bone
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|  Selected response from: Michael Moskowitz Local time: 19:46 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | to throw a pre-election bone |
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| 4 +1 | to throw an election handout |
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18 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2to throw a pre-election bone Explanation: Search Results Re: Throw someone a bone Mar 31, 2001 ... "Appeasement" is indeed a component of what I understand "throw a bone" to mean. Another word that fits is "tokenism." www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/8/messages/310.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages - Urban Dictionary: throw the bone 1. throw the bone. phrase. what one says to an individual who is attracting shitty folks to your vicinity. you want them to wave "the bone" (which has ... www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=throw the bone - Similar pages - Urban Dictionary: Throwing a Bone Throwing a Bone - 1 definition - 1. To give someone a little praise, recognition . 2. To be rid of unending attention seeker [ass kisser] 3. To sati... www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Throwing a Bone - 18k - Cached - Similar pages - |
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40 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
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