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throw in English
- throw⇄expr. throw away,
a. to get rid of; discard.
Ex. Throw away those old shoes. They will ... throw away the blessings their hands are filled with because they are not big enough to grasp everything (John Locke).
b. to waste.
Ex. A - throw⇄expr. throw back,
a. to give or send back; return; reflect.
Ex. The mirror threw back his image.
b. to check, retard, or delay; set back.
Ex. The loss of a week threw him back in his work by nearly a month.
c. to force to - throw⇄expr. throw in,
a. to put in as a supplement; add as a gift.
Ex. Our grocer often throws in an extra apple. [The] story turns ... on murder and revenge, with a little love thrown in (Black and White).
b. to interpose or contribute (a - throw⇄expr. throw off,
a. to get rid of; cast off.
Ex. to throw off a yoke.
b. to give off; emit.
Ex. to throw off wastes with perspiration.
c. to divest oneself of (a garment, a quality, a habit, or anything else); discard. - throw⇄expr. throw oneself at, to try very hard to get the love, friendship, or favor of.
Ex. As for the girls, Claire, they just throw themselves at a man (Walter Besant). - throw⇄expr. throw oneself on (or upon),
a. to commit oneself entirely to (someone's generosity, will, or the like).
Ex. The criminal threw himself upon the mercy of the court.
b. (Figurative.) to attack with violence or vigor; fall upon. - throw⇄expr. throw open,
a. to open suddenly or widely.
Ex. I had ordered the folding doors to be thrown open (Joseph Addison).
b. (Figurative:)
Ex. labouring to throw open the gates of commerce (Tait's Magazine). - throw⇄expr. throw out,
a. to get rid of; discard.
Ex. When the contract expires, this newspaper will throw out its linotype machines (Indianapolis Typographical Journal).
b. to reject.
Ex. The Ballot Bill ... was thrown out by the Lor - throw⇄expr. throw over,
a. to give up; discard; abandon.
Ex. to throw over an old friend. Mr. Freeman ... throws over the latter part of Palgrave's theory (William Stubbs).
b. to overthrow.
Ex. The government was thrown over by a rebe - throw⇄expr. throw together,
a. to put together hastily or roughly.
Ex. She made supper from the leftovers she had thrown together.
b. to bring into casual contact or association.
Ex. They had been thrown together at school, but had ra - throw⇄expr. throw up,
a. (Informal.) to vomit.
Ex. It is easy to judge ... the cause by the substances which the patient throws up (John Arbuthnot).
b. (Figurative.) to give up; abandon; quit.
Ex. He had felt tempted to throw up publi - throw⇄noun thrower.
- throw⇄noun 1. a light scarf, wrap, blanket, or other covering.
Ex. a knitted throw.
2. the distance a thing is or may be thrown.
Ex. a long throw.
3. the act of throwing; cast, toss, or hurl.
Ex. That was a good throw from left - throw⇄throw, verb, threw,thrown,throwing,noun.
- throw⇄v.i. to cast, toss, or hurl something.
Ex. How far can you throw? - throw⇄v.t. 1a. to send through the air with force; cast; toss; hurl; fling.
Ex. to throw a ball, to throw spray against a window, (Figurative.) to throw caution to the winds. The man threw water on the fire.
b. to cause to go; project.
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