throw under the bus 

1. To denounce and reject a friend, mentor, relative, colleague, or casual acquaintance for the sake of political expediency.

2. Something that critics demand politicians do to the allegedly toxic people they are allegedly connected to. Only applies to black presidential candidates, who can throw their acquaintances under the bus repeatedly without ever satisfying the media's taste for roadkill.

January: Why doesn't Obama throw his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, under the bus?

May: Why did Obama wait so long to throw Wright under the bus?

June: Who else will Obama need to throw under the bus?

throw under the bus by mystash May 1, 2008

throw under the bus 

What a married man does to his ex affair partner when the wife catches him and he realizes he screwed up royally and wants his marriage back.

In order to keep his marriage, Jack felt impelled to throw his mistress under the bus so fast you could see the tire tracks on her back. To throw under the bus usually means someone is a liar.

throw under the bus by micmc January 12, 2008

throw under the bus 

This is what you do when you can't think of any other way to break up with your girlfriend.

I didn't want to hurt Jane's feelings, so I just threw her ass under the bus instead.

throw under the bus by foy_45 March 28, 2004

throw under the bus 

To be a royal jick (see jick entry)

To ask someone to prom after one of your best friends tells you that he wants to ask her

To give someone 3/10ths of a rain fly on a camping trip where you know its gonna rain

To kill them in halo in order to score in capture the flag...when your friend did all the work to get it there

To lie about doing your girlfriend in the butt and not revealing the truth for 3 months

Thanks Chris, why don't you throw me under the bus

I just got thrown under the bus

I want to throw you under a bus

you know what i want to throw under the bus?
YOU!

throw under the bus by Big Phillip December 30, 2007

throw under the bus 

phrase used by the unintelligent

to throw under the bus

throw under the bus by hoochiemama January 23, 2008

throw him under the bus 

A special case of "throw under the bus" when a man disdains another man as sexist in order to curry favor with or get in the pants of a woman.

Jerry's botched pick-up line was the perfect opportunity for Barry to throw him under the bus and ask Sarah to rumble on the dance floor.

throw him under the bus by jlabbe February 17, 2007

Throw my crispy chicken wrap under the bus 

To vomit uncontrollably. Similar in usage to "worshipping the porcelain god" or "tossing one's lunch".

That norovirus I contracted at the Tough Mudder race last weekend made me throw my crispy chicken wrap under the bus.

The morning after my 21st birthday, I threw AT LEAST 4 crispy chicken wraps under the bus.

Throw my crispy chicken wrap under the bus by Biker chick July 30, 2013