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throw
away
To discard or dispose of something.
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throw
a fit
To become angry, enraged, or upset; to act or react with an outburst, as by shouting, swearing, etc.
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throw
down
To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
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throw
out
To discard; to dispense with something; to
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away.
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throw
up
To erect.
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throw
up
To display a gang sign using the hands.
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throw
down
To fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand.
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throw
down
To accomplish or produce something in a grand, respectable, or successful manner; to "represent".
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throw
up
To vomit.
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stone's
throw
A short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can
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a stone.
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throw
a sickie
To take a day off from work, supposedly because of ill health. The illness could be either real or feigned.
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throw
a wobbly
To burst out into a verbal uproar.
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throw
away
To place a son or daughter for adoption.
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throw
down
Admirably or forcefully.
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throw
off
To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
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throw
off
To introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew.
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throw
out
To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.
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throw
shapes
To 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.
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throw
smoke
To consistently pitch fastballs that are difficult to hit.
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throw
for a loop
To confuse or disorient; to
throw
off; to mix up.
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throw
money away
To spend money foolishly or indiscriminately; to waste money without regard of the consequences.
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throw
off balance
To unsettle, to catch by surprise.
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throw
somebody a curve
To pitch a curve ball.
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throw
somebody a curve
To surprise; to introduce something unexpected or requiring a quick reaction or correction.
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throw
cold water on
To belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.
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throw
down the gauntlet
To issue a challenge.
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throw
in the towel
To quit; to give up.
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throw
one's weight around
To exercise influence or authority especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner.
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throw
the book at
To apply the harshest possible punishment to.
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throw
to the dogs
To give up on something valuable.
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throw
to the dogs
To remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as into the streets.
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throw
to the dogs
To
throw
away useless.
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throw
to the wolves
To remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as onto the streets, especially towards predators.
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throw
to the wolves
To sacrifice someone, especially in an attempt to save oneself.
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throw
under the bus
To betray or blame; to use as a scapegoat.
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throw
under the bus
To discard or disown.
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throw
a spanner in the works
To be a problem, dilemma or obstacle, something unexpected or troublesome.
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throw
caution to the wind
Do something despite the risks.
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cast/shed/
throw
light on sth
to make a problem,etc easier to understand
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throw
in at the deep end
To introduce a person to a new situation without adequately preparing him or her.
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throw
one's cap over the windmill
To act in a crazed manner.
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throw
one's hat in the ring
To announce one's candidacy in a contest.
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throw
dirt enough, and some will stick
If 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 [1] 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
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dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say
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throw
one's toys out of the pram
To lose one's temper; to
throw
a tantrum.
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people who live in glass houses shouldn't
throw
stones
Do not criticize others if you have weaknesses yourself.
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throw
enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick
Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at [1] on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you
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enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at [2] on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you
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enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at [3] on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you
throw
enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at [4] on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the
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enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at [5] on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes:
throw
enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at [6] on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You
throw
enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isn
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throw
enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick
Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2005, Mike Busson (poster on UKScreen forum) Re: Voiceovers!, read at [1] on 02 Nov 06,In terms of places to send your URL or CD's, there's no easy answer. It really is a case of
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enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick.2005, "forwardone" (administrator posting on the HYIPForum), re: Alertpay phishing email, read at [2] on 02 Nov 06,I also think that sometimes they send out phishing e-mails in the hope that it`ll hit people who do have an account with a particular organization. You know,
throw
enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick theory.2006, Rob Manuel, How to be funny, read in Comedy Soup on the BBC website at [3] on 02 Nov 06,
Throw
enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick. Be prolific and don't be afraid to make stuff that's rubbish. If you keep trying eventually you'll get there.2006, Rex Pierce, Re: [303rd-Talk] D Day read on 303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum at [4] on 02 Nov 06,Believe the planners worked on the principle of "
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enough mud at the wall, and some of it will stick".If enough (perhaps false or reckless) accusations are made against someone, his reputation will suffer, whether or not this is deserved2006, "money" (poster on eTalk Money), Some thoughts about compact surfing, read at [5] on 02 Nov 06,Word of advice NVUS time to distance yourself from LuukH as quickly as possible and dish some dirt, otherwise well the saying goes -
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enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick.
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throw
the baby out with the bathwater
To discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.
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chuck away
To discard, or
throw
away.
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deep-six
To
throw
something overboard from a ship.
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