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I volunteer as tribute

I volunteer as tribute interjection: used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do something; implies (often ironically) that the thing is unpleasant or undesirable.

i volunteer as tribute: used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do something; implies (often ironically)...
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Interjection

  1. (humorous) Used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do something; implies (often ironically) that the thing is unpleasant or undesirable.
    • She grinned. "Fun. Does that mean another trip to England for research? I volunteer as tribute."2018, Shéa MacLeod, The Death in the Drink, unnumbered page
    • "I need to get laid," Ava said as I filled an ice frosted glass with beer for a customer. "I just need sex, you know? Sex is good. Sex is great."
      "I volunteer as tribute!" Jesse called from where he was sitting at the end of the bar.2019, Amber Kuhlman, If I Fall, unnumbered page

Origin of I volunteer as tribute

From a scene in the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, in which the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, shouts this when offering to take her sister's place as a "tribute" (competitor) in the titular battle royale.

Questions about I volunteer as tribute

What does I volunteer as tribute mean?
I volunteer as tribute means used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do something; implies (often ironically) that the thing is unpleasant or undesirable.
What part of speech is I volunteer as tribute?
I volunteer as tribute is an interjection.

Words near I volunteer as tribute in the dictionary

  1. I think; therefore I am
  2. I think; therefore, I am
  3. I thought you'd never ask
  4. I told you
  5. I told you so
  6. I volunteer as tribute
  7. I want doesn't get
  8. I want my money back
  9. I want to go to the toilet
  10. I want to know
  11. I want to speak to the manager haircut

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