Meaning Of The Word Sacrificial lamb

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What's The Definition Of Sacrificial lamb?

sacrificial lamb
countable noun: If you refer to someone as a sacrificial lamb, you mean that they have been blamed unfairly for something they did not do, usually in order to protect another more powerful person or group.

sacrificial lamb in British English
noun: a lamb that is ritually killed as an offer to a deity

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