throw red meat
v.— «His immediate strategy is to cut down the number of speaking engagements, particularly those fund-raising affairs where he is obligated to throw red meat out for Republicans hungry to feast on those no-good Democrats and other bad guys.» —“Spiro Agnew Goes Low Key” by Nick Thimmesch Sheboygan Press (Mich.) Jan. 4, 1973. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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