throw back

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throw back

to revert to an earlier stage of development

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A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back to their Darwinian ancestry.

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'throw back':

throw back	to throw something back
throw back	to hinder the development of something

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