I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
toss a salad (= mix it all together, usually with a dressing )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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He set off, more slowly this time, but all the same she was being tossed about on the seat.
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Could I stay here when his dear body is tossed about in the waves?
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Listlessly she tossed about , unable to sleep, her mind reliving all that had been said tonight.
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Nothing is worse for anyone, including leaders, than being tossed about by an effort out of control.
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A pure white butterfly tossed about in the light on the edge of the lake.
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Things tossed about , drawers emptied out, jewelry and other valuables taken.
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Here, almost any topic under the sun was likely to be tossed about in the course of a morning's talk.
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Restless at night with the fever, for ever tossing about .
around
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And if it was tossed around more than a couple of weeks ago, the thread might have expired.
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Schizophrenia was not a word I tossed around about Clarisa, though I knew that was what she suffered from.
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It would have been inconceivable for exchange control to be tossed around and knocked around in Cabinet.
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The map tore, and tore again, as he tossed around in the backseat.
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As a power forward, Taylor was tossed around like a throw pillow by his Heat counterpart Anthony Mason.
aside
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And which, of course, are casually tossed aside whenever the overriding concept of money enters the picture.
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How many old people are tossed aside after giving up decades of their lives to the same job?
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Its flowers she stuck through a split in her hat; the rest she tossed aside .
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But behind the scenes, gentle greyhounds are often just exploited, abused and then tossed aside when their fleetness fades.
away
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Everything she had tried to achieve for herself during the last four years would have to be tossed away , useless.
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In most cases, you need to break down and combine your sentences, tossing away words as you do.
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These benefits can not be tossed away lightly.
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They tossed away their diet books and tried instead to eat according to their bodies' own advice: hunger and cravings.
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He tossed away the sketch, kicked off his sandals, then pulled off his socks and rolled up his trouser legs.
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After a brief time of happiness as a Christmas tree, it was tossed away and eventually burned.
off
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This inscription had been made to look tossed off , like handwriting.
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I might have tossed off my usual quick explanation.
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He was stretched out on his back, his sheet tossed off , completely naked and heedless.
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He sat, tossing off his coat, locking his hands around his knees and rocking.
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Neither are ethnic jokes, which are tossed off casually and somewhat cruelly.
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Melinda Mullins -- a presence to remember -- plays the prima donna, Hilary, who tosses off an insult a minute.
out
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Within minutes of being tossed out , the soaking fabrics became stiff boards.
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Ever since term limits were tossed out , there has been no limit to the ebullience of their target, Willie Brown.
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That example was tossed out during the 1950s, when McCarthyites took issue with it.
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He tossed out Lee Chapman, who then became a major force in the Leeds team that won the League last season.
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Voters have tossed out the coalition of young, idealistic, inexperienced and fractious liberal parties that won in 1996.
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He recently was tossed out of a game midway through the first period, having accumulated 37 PIMs.
■ NOUN
air
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He pulled a scrap of meat from the cutlet in his hand and tossed it into the air .
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They whooped and cried, they banged pots and pans, they tossed confetti into the air .
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Jeremiah comes running and squeals with delight as Dad tosses him in the air and spins him around his shoulders.
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He tossed one into the air , then the other.
ball
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He has no one to play ball with and tosses his ball against the wall in a most despondent fashion.
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He stepped around the center and nearly had Banks down when the quarterback tossed the ball away.
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In fact, the scrum-half almost cost his side a try when he tossed the ball behind him.
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One of them tossed a ball high in the air with a screech of laughter.
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The game was all but lost when the captain tossed the ball to me and asked me to turn my arm.
bed
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She could hear her tossing restlessly in the bed , as muted sobs escaped from her dreams.
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Perhaps in one of these rooms John lay and tossed on a bed of fever.
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It had been tossed into a bed of nettles against the wall of the churchyard.
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Then her eyes slowly began to focus and she realised that they hadn't just been tossed on to the bed .
coin
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I tossed a coin with Bill Wall for this, and won.
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Like tossing a coin to decide on a man's life.
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Torn between passing the letter to Alice or Amelia, Robert tossed a coin and settled on the latter.
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Next he tossed a small coin on to the coffin.
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Athelstan tossed her a coin and asked her to bring a fresh tankard and some wine whilst he roused Sir John.
hair
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When she tossed her head her hair fell around her shoulders and upper arms in a lovely auburn cascade.
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Jazz tossed his hair back for the first time to take in what was going on.
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I tossed my hair and glided on to the stage.
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Automatically, she tossed back her hair and smiled.
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She tossed her short black hair .
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She sat down at the table for two Roman had selected, and tossed her hair back from her face.
head
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She checked the labels, shook her head , tossed the bottles back one at a time.
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I half-offered it, but Melanie shook her head so I tossed it reluctantly on to the fire.
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Benjamin studied these carefully, shook his head and tossed them back.
salad
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The dressing is great tossed with a salad of lettuce, broccoli florets, zucchini and yellow pepper slices.
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He tossed the salad tableside in big wooden bowls with much theatrical flair and the customers were entranced.
side
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Sir John had spent a restless night, tossing from side to side in his great double bed.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
throw/toss your hat into the ring
toss/flip a coin
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We like to get out a map, and flip a coin to decide where to go.
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Eddie DeBartolo and Carmen Policy: Flip a coin .
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Given those odds, claims Salsburg, one might as well flip a coin .
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I tossed a coin with Bill Wall for this, and won.
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If memory serves, we actually went into the hall and flipped a coin .
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Like tossing a coin to decide on a man's life.
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The customer wanted to flip a coin about paying the price for a photo of his daughter.
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Torn between passing the letter to Alice or Amelia, Robert tossed a coin and settled on the latter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He tossed her last week's edition of the "Herald".
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Pour the marinade over the mushrooms and toss them lightly.
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The fire was started when a passing motorist carelessly tossed a cigarette out of his car.
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The hot dog tasted funny, so I tossed it.
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The kite was being tossed by the wind.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the mare, as if finally understanding, begins to strain, tosses her head wildly, pulls at the reins.
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As I tossed the bag down the ladder well, the warrant stepped back.
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Finding none, she poured soda and salt into the crease of her folded hand and tossed both into the flour.
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Graham tossed the paperback on to the opposite couchette and made his way to the dining car.
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Many enjoy the convenience of popping an imitation burger in the microwave or tossing a tofu dog on the grill.
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More than 150 farmers and hauliers tossed ideas around.
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Normally serene palms toss their woolly mop heads like distraught grieving women who can not take any more suffering.
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She tossed it aside and renewed her efforts to contact Georgie and perhaps learn more about the murder.
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The dressing is great tossed with a salad of lettuce, broccoli florets, zucchini and yellow pepper slices.
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Therefore they are never perfectly at ease and may toss and turn in bed.
II. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
argue the toss
throw/toss your hat into the ring
toss/flip a coin
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We like to get out a map, and flip a coin to decide where to go.
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Eddie DeBartolo and Carmen Policy: Flip a coin .
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Given those odds, claims Salsburg, one might as well flip a coin .
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I tossed a coin with Bill Wall for this, and won.
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If memory serves, we actually went into the hall and flipped a coin .
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Like tossing a coin to decide on a man's life.
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The customer wanted to flip a coin about paying the price for a photo of his daughter.
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Torn between passing the letter to Alice or Amelia, Robert tossed a coin and settled on the latter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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George faked a toss to Kaufman, and ran in for a touchdown.
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With a toss of her head, she walked out of the room.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And at Chelmsford Northants are batting after winning the toss against Essex.
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Gooch won an important toss , put West Indies in, and before long five wickets were down for 29.
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I don't give - toss how long he's had to learn the part or how difficult it's been.