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                           Phrase(s): like pigs to the slaughter  Rur. obediently and in large numbers. (See also like lambs to the slaughter.)  •  Look at all the people lining up to mail their tax forms on time, like pigs to the slaughter.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs