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hospital pass
hospital pass n 1. (General Sporting Terms) sport a pass made to a team-mate who will be tackled heavily as soon as the ball is received 2. a task or project that will inevitably bring heavy criticism on the person to whom it has been assigned hospital pass
hospital pass1. In sports, especially rugby, a pass to a teammate who will be heavily tackled as a result. Their scrum half took a devastating blow after that hospital pass from his flanker.2. A task, project, or case (as in law) that will result in or bring a great amount of criticism upon the person to whom it is assigned. No one likes having to take a case defending the murderer of a child, but every person is entitled to legal representation. I suppose I'll just have to accept that this will be a hospital pass for me.See also: hospital, pass |