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2021-09-21 11:09
Throw away phrase
To get rid of something that you don't need anymore.
He had thrown his jacket away because it was torn.
Why did they throw this new chair away?
To waste, or use something in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose.
She was accused of throwing company funds away.
My mom scolded me for throwing away food.
To say something offhandedly or without much care, or thought.
He threw away the news that her parents were killed.
I wasn't expecting a polite man like John threw away a remark like that!
To throw an incomplete football pass in a way that was planned, not by chance.
Seeing me being tackled, John threw the ball away.
They are throwing the ball away to buy time.
Time is running out.
To escape from someone/something; stay clear of someone/something.
If something goes down the chute, it is destroyed or wasted.
To spend money wastefully
The verb "throw" must be conjugated according to its tense.
Meaning 1 dates from the first half of 1500s.
Meaning 2 dates from the mid 1600s.
Meaning 3 dates from the first half of 1900s.
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