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Melden macht frei

Expression

by promptly reporting a problem to one’s superior, one becomes liberated of the responsibility for any potential consequences of that problem

Melden macht frei is a German expression meaning “by promptly reporting a problem to one’s superior, one becomes liberated of the responsibility for any potential consequences of that problem”.

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