Showing 10 phrasal verbs and 21 definitions related to the verb 'Throw'.
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Throw away phrasal verb
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Meaning: Discard something when no longer needed
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I THREW the alarm clock AWAY because it had stopped working.
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Meaning: Discard something when no longer needed
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Throw in phrasal verb
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Meaning: Join, accompany
(Inseparable | American English)
» Example: May I THROW IN with you? My companions left me behind. -
Meaning: Add something to a deal
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: They THREW IN a printer so I bought it from them.
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Meaning: Join, accompany
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Throw off phrasal verb
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Meaning: Remove item of clothing quickly
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I THREW OFF my shoes and flopped on the settee. -
Meaning: Get rid of
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: It took me ages to THROW OFF the cold. -
Meaning: Produce light or heat
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The lamp THROWS OFF a lot of heat.
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Meaning: Remove item of clothing quickly
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Throw on phrasal verb
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Meaning: Put clothes on quickly
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I THREW ON a jacket and rushed outside.
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Meaning: Put clothes on quickly
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Throw out phrasal verb
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Meaning: Get rid of
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I THREW OUT all my old clothes to make some space in my wardrobe. -
Meaning: Dislocate
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: Edward slipped on the ice and THREW OUT his shoulder. -
Meaning: Reject
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The committee THREW the proposal OUT. -
Meaning: Produce heat, fumes
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The car THROWS OUT a lot of smoke. -
Meaning: Expel
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The school THREW him OUT for smoking.
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Meaning: Get rid of
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Throw over phrasal verb
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Meaning: End a relationship with someone
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: She THREW me OVER last year. -
Meaning: Reject, refuse to accept
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: They THREW OVER the agreement.
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Meaning: End a relationship with someone
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Throw together phrasal verb
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Meaning: Make or arrange quickly
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I THREW a quick dinner TOGETHER before we left.
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Meaning: Make or arrange quickly
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Throw up phrasal verb
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Meaning: Vomit
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The prawns she ate at lunch made her THROW UP and she had to go home early. -
Meaning: Produce problems, results, ideas, etc
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The talks THREW UP some interesting possibilities. -
Meaning: Leave a job or position suddenly
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» Example: She THREW UP her job to go travelling. -
Meaning: Create clouds of dust or splash water into the air
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The road was bumpy and the car in front was THROWING UP so much dust that we could hardly see where we were going.
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Meaning: Vomit
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Throw yourself at phrasal verb
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Meaning: Make it clear you are sexually attracted to someone
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He THREW HIMSELF AT her but she wasn't interested.
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Meaning: Make it clear you are sexually attracted to someone
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Throw yourself into phrasal verb
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Meaning: Do something enthusiastically or energetically
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She THREW herself INTO the project.
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Meaning: Do something enthusiastically or energetically