THROW THE BOOK AT

Meaning of THROW THE BOOK AT in English

punish to the maximum, come down hard

Drunk drivers deserve the full penalty. Throw the book at them!

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

THROW THE BOOK AT — quarrel with someone and treat them harshly
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THROW THE BOOK AT — informal charge or punish (someone) as severely as possible. → book
Concise Oxford English vocab
THROW THE BOOK AT — {v. phr.}, {informal} To give the most severe penalty to (someone) for breaking the law or rules. * /Because it …
Slang English vocab
THROW THE BOOK AT — See ↑ PUNISH 2
Longman Activator English vocab
THROW THE BOOK AT — {v. phr.}, {informal} To give the most severe penalty to (someone) for breaking the law or rules. * /Because it …
Словарь английских идиом
THROW THE BOOK AT — punish severely for breaking a rule or the law The government threw the book at him after he was convicted …
English Idioms vocab
THROW THE BOOK AT — v. phr. , informal To give the most severe penalty to (someone) for breaking the law or rules. Because it …
American Idioms English vocabulary
THROW THE BOOK AT — предъявить ряд обвинений
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THROW THE BOOK AT — предъявить ряд обвинений
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOOK — I Written (or printed) message of considerable length, meant for circulation and recorded on any of various materials that are …
Английский словарь Британика
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; or dialect throwed ˈthrōd ; or trun ˈtrən ; thrown ˈthrōn ; or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOOK — I. ˈbu̇k noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bōc; akin to Old High German buoh book, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THROW
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOOK — — bookless , adj. — booklike , adj. /book/ , n. 1. a written or printed work of fiction or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; thrown ˈthrōn ; throw·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thrawen, throwen to cause to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOOK — I. ˈbu̇k noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bōc; akin to Old High German buoh book, Gothic boka letter …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROW — noun a stroke; a blow. 2. throw ·noun an effort; a violent sally. 3. throw ·noun a turner's lathe; a …
Webster English vocab
BOOK — noun a composition, written or printed; a treatise. 2. book ·vt to enter, write, or register in a book or …
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
THROW — [throw] vb threw ; thrown ; throw.ing [ME thrawen, throwen to cause to twist, throw, fr. OE thrawan to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOOK — [book] n [ME, fr. OE boc; akin to OHG buoh book, Goth boka letter] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a set …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOOK — published work of literature or scholarship; the term has been defined by UNESCO for statistical purposes as a non-periodical printed …
Britannica English vocabulary
THROW — / θrəʊ; NAmE θroʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( threw / θruː; NAmE /, thrown / θrəʊn; NAmE θroʊn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOOK — / bʊk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PRINTED WORK 1. [ C ] a set of printed pages …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — I. throw 1 S1 W1 /θrəʊ $ θroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense threw /θruː/, past participle thrown /θrəʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BOOK — I. book 1 S1 W1 /bʊk/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: boc ] 1 . PRINTED …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOOK — n. & v. --n. 1 a a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROW — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOOK — n. & v. n. 1 a a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1. propel with some force through the air or in a …
Oxford English vocab
BOOK — n. & v. --n. 1. a a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one …
Oxford English vocab
THROW — ( throws, throwing, threw, thrown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BOOK — ( books, booking, booked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A book …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOOK — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a booking fee ( also a service fee American English ) (= a charge …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BOOK — (TEXT) [noun] [C] - a set of pages that have been fastened together inside a cover to be read or …
Cambridge English vocab
BOOK — n. Book of Changes book club Book of Common Prayer Book of Kells Book of the Dead comic book Domesday …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
THROW
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — n. throw away throw back throw down throw in throw off throw out throw over throw up throwing away
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THROW — INDEX: to throw something through the air 1. to throw something 2. to throw a ball in a game 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
THROW — n. 25B6; verb she threw the ball back : HURL, toss, fling, pitch, cast, lob, launch, catapult, project, propel; bowl; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THROW — v. 1 toss, cast, hurl, fling, sling, pitch, dash, propel, project, shy, bowl, send, launch, Colloq chuck He threw the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спорт бросок (прием в различных видах борьбы) в) дальность броска; расстояние, на которое …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOOK — 1. сущ. 1) книга (материальный объект, состоящий из обложки, страниц и т.д.), том to charge, check a book (out of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой точке пространства) у, в, за, на He …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THROW — throw.ogg 1. θrəʋ n 1. бросание; бросок at a single throw - одним ударом; сразу to have a throw at …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOOK — book.ogg 1. bʋk n 1. 1> книга picture book - книжка с картинками to be at one's books - сидеть …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AT — at.ogg æt (полная форма); ət (редуцированная форма) prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOOK — 1) книга 2) (книжный) блок 3) том документации 4) принимать заказ, регистрировать заказ; заказывать ( билет ) 5) бронировать место …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BOOK — 1) книга 2) (книжный) блок 3) том документации 4) принимать заказ, регистрировать заказ; заказывать (билет) 5) бронировать место (на полет) • - address book - aeronautical reference …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
THROW — 1) бросание 2) бросать 3) бросить 4) бросок 5) машиностр. бросок стрелки 6) выбрасывать 7) докидывать 8) запускать 9) зашвыривать 10) колено 11) метание 12) метанный 13) метать 14) накидной 15) наметывать 16) нашвыривать 17) откидывать 18) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BOOK — 1) книга 2) книжный 3) резервировать • book edge tinting — закраска обреза field levelling book — нивелирный журнал field record book — реферативный журнал fly by …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
THROW — 1. θrəʋ n 1. бросание; бросок at a single throw - одним ударом; сразу to have a throw at smth. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BOOK — 1. bʋk n 1. 1> книга picture book - книжка с картинками to be at one's books - сидеть за …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AT — prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, около at the door the window, the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спец. бросок костей при игре в нарды ( тж. количество очков, выпавшее в …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BOOK — 1. сущ. 1) книга, том, печатное издание to charge, check a book (out of a library) — заказывать книгу (из …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AT — I æt ( полная форма ); ət ( редуцированная форма ) предл. 1) ( самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
THROW — 1. сущ. 1) а) бросание, бросок б) спец. бросок костей при игре в нарды (тж. количество очков, выпавшее в сумме на обеих костях) They …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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