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Melden macht frei
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German
Etymology
Reporting makes [you] free.
Phrase
de phrase
de work environment especially military by promptly reporting a problem to one’s superior, one becomes liberated of the responsibility for any potential consequences of that problem
Usage notes
The similarity with de Arbeit macht frei makes this phrase sound “politically incorrect”. Nevertheless it is in common and generally innocuous use.