throw to the wolves

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Sense: A seducer

Synonyms:

Don Juan, Casanova, lothario, Lochinvar, suitor, wooer, pursuer, gallant, lady killer, lover boy, rapist, brute, lecher, flirt , cur, Young Turk, seducer

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