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throw caution to the windDo something despite the risksRate it:

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Throw Cold Water on SomethingDoing or saying something that may not be very encouraging; dampening the eagerness of someoneRate it:

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throw downTo cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.Rate it:

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throw outTo discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.Rate it:

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throw upTo erect.Rate it:

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Throw the Book at SomeoneSevere punishment for breaking of certain rules or laws; highest level of penaltyRate it:

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stop an eight-day clock and throw it into reverseBefore batteries and household electricity were used to power clocks, most clocks had to be wound by hand to keep operating. Eight-day clocks were designed so they only had to be wound every eighth day and the movement only turned in a clockwise direction. Therefore, someone with an appearance objectionable enough to stop the clock and send the movement spinning in the wrong and opposite direction would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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throw a partyTo organize and execute a party.Rate it:

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throw a spanner in the worksTo be a problem, dilemma or obstacle, something unexpected or troublesome.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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throw downTo accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".Rate it:

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throw downTo fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand.Rate it:

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throw upTo vomit.Rate it:

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throw outTo dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.Rate it:

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stone's throwA short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone.Rate it:

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throw a wobblyTo burst out into a verbal uproar.Rate it:

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Throw a CurveSurprising a person in an unpleasant manner; mislead or to lie about somethingRate it:

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Throw a Monkey Wrench into the WorksInterfering or disturbing an operation that was going in a smooth manner; destabilizing the progression of somethingRate it:

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throw a sickieTo take a day off from work, supposedly because of ill health. The illness could be either real or feigned.Rate it:

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throw a tantrumTo have a temper tantrum, to display a fit of childish anger.Rate it:

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throw aboutTo cast about; to try expedients.Rate it:

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throw an eyeTo glance; peepRate it:

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throw asideto discard.Rate it:

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throw awayTo place a son or daughter for adoption.Rate it:

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throw backto hinder the development of somethingRate it:

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throw backto throw something backRate it:

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throw backto revert to an earlier stage of developmentRate it:

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throw caution to the windDo something despite the risks.Rate it:

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throw chunksTo vomitRate it:

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throw cold water onTo belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.Rate it:

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throw downAdmirably or forcefully.Rate it:

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throw down the gauntletTo issue a challenge.Rate it:

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throw for a loopTo confuse or disorient; to throw off; to mix up.Rate it:

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throw good money after badTo waste money in a fruitless attempt to recoup losses previously incurred.Rate it:

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throw in at the deep endTo introduce a person to a new situation without adequately preparing him or her.Rate it:

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Throw in the TowelAdmitting your defeat; quit from something or giving upRate it:

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throw in the towelTo quit; to give up.Rate it:

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throw in withTo commit to something with; to partner with.Rate it:

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throw money awayTo spend money foolishly or indiscriminately; to waste money without regard of the consequences.Rate it:

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throw offTo confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.Rate it:

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throw offTo introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.Rate it:

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throw off balanceTo unsettle, to catch by surprise.Rate it:

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throw off the trailTo misguide.Rate it:

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throw onTo hastily put on.Rate it:

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throw oneself atTo make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get someone's romantic attention.Rate it:

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throw shapesTo act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.Rate it:

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throw smokeTo consistently pitch fastballs that are difficult to hit.Rate it:

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throw somebody a curveTo pitch a curve ball.Rate it:

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throw somebody a curveTo surprise; to introduce something unexpected or requiring a quick reaction or correction.Rate it:

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throw someone a curveTo surprise; to introduce something unexpected or requiring a quick reaction or correction.Rate it:

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