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hospital pass in British Englishnoun informal1. 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 Examples of 'hospital pass' in a sentencehospital pass Who would take a hospital pass and become its chief executive?It was my hospital pass that eventually got them the win.It would be a bit of a hospital pass to bring someone else in.What is the worst hospital pass in corporate history?It looks increasingly like a hospital pass.She is, in rugby terms, the recipient of the kind of hospital pass that ends careers.Now, on the face of it, that's a hospital pass of a role, a real stinker. © Neale Cousland / Shutterstock.com, shutterstock |