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111throw-away — 1. n. a flyer or handbill. □ The hrow away announced a big, city wide TGIF. □ I passed out the throw aways, but not many people would take them. 2. n. a comedian’s quickly uttered one line joke. □ He tossed off his best throw away of the eveni …
112throw something out — 1 throw out food that s past its sell by date.: See throw something away sense 1. 2 his case was thrown out by the magistrate: REJECT, dismiss, turn down, refuse, disallow, veto; …
113throw down — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English throwen doun, from throwen to throw + doun down 1. : to cause to fall : overthrow if a tree is thrown down in a storm J.G.Frazer 2. : precipitate …
114throw away — 1. Lose, spend in vain, waste. 2. Relinquish, give up, cast off, throw by, throw or heave overboard, cast to the winds. 3. Reject …
115off-balance — adjective (not before noun) 1 in an unsteady position so that you are likely to fall: throw/knock/push sb off balance: Lee caught hold of my wrist and pulled me off balance. 2 unprepared for something, so that it surprises or shocks you: catch sb …
116off balance — surprised or confused. Policy makers were caught off balance by the speed and success of Canada s efforts to ban the weapons. Usage notes: often used with keep or throw: The stories were part of an effort to keep the antiwar movement off balance …
117throw — Fault Fault, n. [OE. faut, faute, F. faute (cf. It., Sp., & Pg. falta), fr. a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., fr. L. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}, and cf. {Default}.] 1. Defect; want; lack; default. [1913 Webster] One, it pleases me, for… …
118throw away — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reject, refuse, turn down; see discard . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example: discard, dispose of, dump, junk, scrap1, throw out. Informal: chuck, jettison,… …
119throw a sickie — If you pretend to be ill to take a day off work or school, you throw a sickie. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
120throw something off — 1》 rid oneself of something. 2》 write or utter something in an offhand manner. → throw …
