Service and quality have been sacrificed on the altar of profit.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
be sacrificed on the altar of — (something) formal to be destroyed by an activity, system or belief that is bad but more important or more powerful. Service and quality have been sacrificed on the altar of profit … New idioms dictionary
sacrifice (something) on the altar of (something) — to destroy something in order to obtain something else. He sacrificed his family life on the altar of his ambition and greed … New idioms dictionary
altar — [[t]ɔ͟ːltə(r)[/t]] altars 1) N COUNT An altar is a holy table in a church or temple. ...the high altar at Chichester Cathedral. 2) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR n If you say that someone or something is sacrificed at the altar of another thing, you … English dictionary
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Sacrificed — Sacrifice Sac ri*fice (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sacrificed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sacrificing}.] [From {Sacrifice}, n.: cf. F. sacrifier, L. sacrificare; sacer sacred, holy + ficare (only in comp.) to make. See { fy}.] 1. To make an offering of; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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