Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Serbian term or phrase:
Pustiti niz vodu
English translation:
Throw someone under the bus/Sell down the river
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Bogdan Petrovic
Jul 16, 2022 07:24
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Serbian term
Serbia
Simultaneous and Written translation
Native in: Serbian
Works in: English to Serbian, English to Serbo-Croat, French to Serbian, and 4 more.
Pustiti niz vodu
Serbian to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Na kraju, pošto im više nije potreban, kolege policajci su ga pustili niz vodu.
Proposed translations
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5 hrs
Elio Verbanac
Croatia
Croatia
Croatia
Quality & Experience
Native in: Croatian 
, Serbo-Croat
Works in: Croatian to English, English to Croatian, Bosnian to English, and 7 more.
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Throw someone under the bus/Sell down the river
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/throw-un...
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sell-dow...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2022-07-16 13:07:22 GMT)
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Prvi idiom bio bi uobičajeniji u UK varijanti engleskom, a drugi u US varijanti.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sell-dow...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2022-07-16 13:07:22 GMT)
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Prvi idiom bio bi uobičajeniji u UK varijanti engleskom, a drugi u US varijanti.
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Discard
Ovaj izraz inače ne bih prevela sa discard. Ali u vašoj rečenici jedino ima smisla.
Inače izraz pustiti niz vodu znači kad se trudite oko nekog da mu pomognete, on to ne cijeni, pa odustanete. Ne slaže se sa značenjem upotrijebljenim u vašoj rečenici.
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Note added at 24 mins (2022-07-16 07:49:07 GMT)
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*They discarded him.
Inače izraz pustiti niz vodu znači kad se trudite oko nekog da mu pomognete, on to ne cijeni, pa odustanete. Ne slaže se sa značenjem upotrijebljenim u vašoj rečenici.
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Note added at 24 mins (2022-07-16 07:49:07 GMT)
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*They discarded him.
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Marija Stojanovich
Serbia
Serbia
Native in Serbian
Serbia
Don't just translate - tranSOON
Native in: Serbian
Works in: Serbian to English, English to Serbian, English, and 1 more.
Leave someone to fend for himself/herself
Kontekst je, kao i uvek, presudan - ukoliko je bio potreban za nelegalne radnje za koje je trebalo snositi posledice, 'they left him high and dry' je mozda bolja opcija.
Example sentence:
Na kraju, pošto im više nije potreban, kolege policajci su ga pustili niz vodu.
In the end, since they no longer needed him, his fellow officers left him to fend for himself.
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Slobodan Kozarčić
Serbia
Serbia
Native in Serbian
Serbia
900 films/500 medical rep/two books/tech
Native in: Serbian (Variant: Montenegrin ) 
, Bosnian
Works in: English to Serbian, English to Bosnian, Serbian to English, and 4 more.
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4
Give up on/Leave one to one's fate/abandon (somebody in need)
https://vukajlija.com/pustiti-niz-vodu
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give up on (someo...
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/leave one to fate#:~:te...
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/abandon
MB: Пустити некога низ воду - to abandon smb. in need
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/give up on (someo...
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/leave one to fate#:~:te...
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/abandon
MB: Пустити некога низ воду - to abandon smb. in need
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