I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something )
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The court dismissed his appeal against conviction.
be thrown/plunged into chaos
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A serious accident has thrown the roads into chaos.
call/bring/throw sth into question (= make people doubt it )
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He brought into question all the principles on which the Soviet system was based.
call/throw sth into doubt (= make people unsure about something )
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The accuracy of his account was called into doubt.
cast/throw a glance (= look quickly )
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She cast a shy glance toward Shelby.
cast/throw a shadow (= make it appear )
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The building cast a shadow across the narrow street.
cast/throw doubt on sth (= make people unsure about something )
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Research has cast doubt on the safety of mobile phones.
dismiss/throw out a case (= officially stop it from continuing )
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The case was thrown out by New York state’s highest court.
dismiss/throw out/turn down an appeal (= not give permission for a decision to be changed )
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The taxpayer's appeal was dismissed and the penalty upheld.
have/throw a tantrum
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She throws a tantrum when she can’t have the toy she wants.
knock/throw sb off balance
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The blow was hard enough to knock him off balance.
last...throw of the dice
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a last desperate throw of the dice to try and win his wife back
not trust sb an inch/not trust sb as far as you can throw them (= not trust someone at all )
put/throw sth in the bin ( also chuck sth in the bin informal )
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Shall I put this old bread in the bin?
threw a conniption fit
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My mother threw a conniption fit when I didn’t come home till two in the morning.
threw...open
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He threw the door open and ran down the stairs.
throw a ball
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Suzy threw the ball to Matthew.
throw a punch (= try to hit someone )
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Rob was so angry that he turned round and threw a punch at the man.
throw a switch (= move it so something starts or stops, especially something big )
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Could a nuclear war really be started by someone just throwing a switch?
throw away a lead (= to lose the lead )
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Arsenal threw away a two-goal lead.
throw away/pass up/turn down a chance (= not accept or use an opportunity )
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Imagine throwing up a chance to go to America!
throw pillow
throw sb in jail (= put sb in jail )
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Drunks were thrown in jail for a few days.
throw sth into disarray/fall into disarray
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The delay threw the entire timetable into disarray.
throw/give a party (= organize it )
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Staff threw a party to celebrate the news.
throw/knock/push etc sb off-balance
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The sudden movement of the ship knocked them both off balance.
thrown open
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The discussion was then thrown open for the audience’s questions.
thrown...out of kilter
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Pollution has thrown the Earth’s chemistry out of kilter .
thrown...sickie (= pretended to be sick and not gone to work )
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Looks like he’s thrown another sickie .
throw/plunge sb into confusion
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The unexpected news threw us all into confusion.
throw/roll the dice
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It’s your turn to roll the dice.
throw/send sb into a panic
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The innocent question threw her into a panic.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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All equipment is sterile, used once and thrown away .
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George Washington chopped down the tree, and then he threw away the money.
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To his chagrin we threw away the letter about a skiing holiday.
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Is it now time to throw away the charts and graphs, have a ceremonial burning of the diary?
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Looking back, Frank knows he victimised himself and threw away a good career opportunity with a quality company. 2.
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You don't have a life to throw away yet, but I do.
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Strip-mined land is land thrown away .
down
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He threw down the knife, turned off the gas ring and stamped down the hall.
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Men in blackface threw down a refresher before returning to their roles.
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The gauntlet is being thrown down by Pemex to the international community.
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They are financial swashbucklers, ready to throw down fortunes betting that a certain currency may rise or fall.
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He threw down the washing-up mop and stood stock-still for a moment, gripping the edge of the sink.
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McAlister wiped his mouth and threw down his napkin and stood.
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This stormy summer threw down and scattered grain, held berries back from ripening.
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The pitch of politicians is more strident, the gauntlet is thrown down more quickly, the stakes get higher faster.
off
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He threw off the pau and stood there over her, naked, seeing how eagerly she watched him now.
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Weinke threw off-target and the Seminoles' receivers dropped passes on many occasions when they were open.
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Prince William threw off his family worries to join restaurant staff in dancing on the tables.
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Tobie exclaimed, throwing off her coat and curling up on the sofa.
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Self-recognition is the key to change, to throwing off these barriers to further our growth.
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He threw off a mound for about six minutes, twice between starts.
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The City has been quite good at throwing off old habits, less good at mastering new disciplines.
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He too leapt from the bed, throwing off his covers.
open
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Swords and dirks drawn, they ran up, threw open the great door, and flung themselves within.
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Sullivan threw open the appointment book and checked the date.
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He threw open the door and came in.
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I threw open the front door and looked into the street.
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Jett threw open the drawing room door just on the stroke of twelve.
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They explored, throwing open the shutters in each of the big rooms, but there was nothing.
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He undid the tough leather straps and threw open the lid.
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Black day A funeral home was throwing open its doors today with guided tours around the coffins, memorial stones and hearses.
out
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He won't know what to keep and would probably just throw out everything.
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My small upstairs stove throws out a lot of heat and is probably fuel efficient.
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The House had also wanted all regulation to be reviewed after a period, and thrown out if it looked dated.
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Johnson throws out so many would-be base stealers-44. 6 percent in 1997-few runners even try.
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When that was discovered she had been thrown out on the streets, and subsequently forced to live in a brothel.
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Some of the first batches were thrown out because tests showed they may have contained live virus.
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Libion, the kindly café proprietor, was so exasperated that he had them all thrown out .
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We need to go further and throw out the term itself.
together
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My costume had been somewhat haphazardly thrown together , the result being a cross between Mary Poppins and Nurse Matilda.
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I guess the modern equivalent of the actual party would be that Reform joke Ross Perot threw together .
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They shared political and intellectual interests and were often thrown together .
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The oldest one, thrown together and sealed in 1968, is now 25 years old.
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However, in cyberspace, geographical boundaries are irrelevant, and people of different views are thrown together .
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In very few cases are the boys and girls thrown together more than two years before their marriages.
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As we have seen, it isn't easy to throw together a flying machine.
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They spend long days in programs where children of many ages may be thrown together .
up
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I threw up all over my mum's slippers!
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A man pulled on to the site in a truck, got out, and threw up his hand.
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Pits in front of the heavy bunker doors, which incline outwards, collect any debris thrown up during an attack.
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He leaned back and threw up his legs, using them to raise the pole until his feet were on the rope.
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She wept until she threw up .
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Nothing could be accomplished until a great wall of rocks and earth was thrown up to hold back the raging waters.
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Once, Cardiff could have imagined himself throwing up at the sight of that horror behind the wheel.
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Jenny exclaimed to E.. Ames, throwing up her hands.
■ NOUN
ball
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Both sides threw the ball about and scored five tries each.
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Take the act of throwing a ball .
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It is a little like throwing a ball out of a moving train.
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A lot of people put in that situation think they can throw the ball down the middle.
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As it reaches its peak throw the second ball underneath it towards your left hand.
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We decided we were going to open up the offense and throw the ball down the field more.
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Not bad for hitting, throwing and catching a ball - but also unaffordable.
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He can hit a thrown ball with a stick of wood.
punch
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Hull were reduced to 12 men on the hour when Mark Jones was sent off for throwing a punch at Gary Tees.
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I throw a lot of punches and they all count.
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Begin from a fighting stance, perhaps by throwing a light snap punch into the opponent's face from the front hand.
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Whitaker will throw enough punches to win on points.
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This means that even if the opponent throws a punch , you will have drawn back and out of range.
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I saw men in red shirts throwing punches at an old man.
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He elbowed the Saracens number 8, Barry Crawley, who in turn, threw a punch which floored the Gloucester man.
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I began throwing punches whenever I thought no one was looking.
shadow
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The firelight danced on the old oak walls and threw strange shadows around the room.
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In the gleaming darkness, the big metallic rod threw a menacing shadow across our window.
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Where once they flew in such flocks that they threw shadows over the earth, they now survive in a few straggling colonies.
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Occasionally we would pass a big orange flame at a well site, throwing spokes of shadow across the prairie.
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In the bar, a single candle threw grotesque shadows across the ceiling.
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Individual blades of grass threw long shadows on the leafless driveway.
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The sun lifted over the hills and threw their shadows across the road.
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The Embarcadero Freeway and its access ramps no longer throw a shadow on the waterfront.
stone
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She liked the sizzling sound of the water as it hit the stones when some one threw it from the bucket.
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Police were pelted by stones thrown by demonstrators, some from rooftops, witnesses said.
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No more stones were being thrown .
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A lad lifted a stone to throw .
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Yet there are people who see the stones throw distance from there to the covered market as an intolerable distance.
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One told of how his wife regularly has stones thrown at her when she goes shopping.
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Slowly and carefully he picked up a stone and threw it at the window.
tantrum
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If you have children, you may have experienced them coming home from school and immediately throwing a tantrum in front of you.
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Two seasons ago Sprewell did throw a year-long temper tantrum .
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But she could not go home, given how she felt; fit to throw a tantrum .
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He threw a temper tantrum at school when two of the newcomers took his soccer ball.
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He threw a tantrum when she complained he should have treated her earlier.
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Children beg, cry, throw temper tantrums , flatter, and employ countless techniques to get what they want.
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You will not scream and throw a tantrum .
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A citizen assigned to jury duty is jailed for throwing a temper tantrum before a judge.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a stone's throw from sth/away (from sth)
a throw of the dice
bring/throw sth into relief
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The touches or larger areas of primary colours that throw the figures into relief are now less strident, more resonant.
cast/throw pearls before swine
catch/throw sb off balance
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A badly packed rucksack can easily throw you off balance .
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And despite what he'd said, less a token of affection than a means of throwing her off balance .
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But before Adamowski could get his campaign under way, Daley threw him off balance by going on the offensive.
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He had an authority, an abrupt decisiveness, that caught me off balance .
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It throws the viewer off balance but speaks to the part of each person that is capable, potent and dignified.
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She has a problem with some little gland or other, which can throw her right off balance .
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The movement threw him off balance .
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Waking up to that penetrating ice-blue gaze was enough to throw anyone off balance for the rest of the day.
catch/throw sb off guard
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Could the upper management of a leading firm like Merrill Lynch be caught so entirely off guard ?
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I said it suddenly like that, just blurted it out, and I guess it caught him off guard .
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Penelope flinched, angry at her thoughts, and at the girl who had caught her off guard .
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She really caught me off guard with her comments.
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The president faces issues that can catch him off guard and undermine his authority.
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The question caught Firebug off guard .
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The words caught him off guard .
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This caught me completely off guard .
catch/throw sb off-balance
have/throw a fit
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Mom's going to have a fit when she sees what you've done.
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But it was clear to all that the then Massachusetts governor would have fit snugly into the capital cocoon.
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He started to have fits and he suffered permanent damage.
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He would have fit in perfectly back in 1956, the last time they had a Subway Series.
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I have fitted the 31/10.15 tyres to 15 x 7 rims.
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It would definitely not have fitted those of Marthe and myself.
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She continued to have fits and suffered serious and permanent brain damage.
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The 2-year-old threw fits , but not just the normal toddler tantrums.
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There must be hundreds, maybe thousands, of sea anglers who have fitted a Decca-receiving navigator to their own boat.
jump/be thrown in at the deep end
knock/throw sb for a loop
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His next question totally knocked me for a loop . He said, "So what makes you think you're good enough to get into law school?"
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His response really threw me for a loop .
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Joanna totally threw me for a loop .
people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
put/throw a spanner in the works
throw a (monkey) wrench in sth
throw a wobbly
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I mean, I threw a wobbly when I first heard about this Med plumbing lark.
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She loves the telephone, and she threw a wobbly when I wouldn't let her play with it.
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Throwing tantrums Having a toddler thrown a wobbly in public is perhaps one of parenting's most embarrassing episodes.
throw down the gauntlet
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At this point Morag Harkness, Sales Manager threw down the gauntlet and challenged the guys to a netball match.
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Cerda interviewed those named in his testimony, including Wally Fuentes Morrison, and then threw down the gauntlet to Pinochet.
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Fresh from their success they have thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the Group.
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It's going on five years since Earl Woods threw down the gauntlet and the snickering has stopped.
throw in/cast your lot with sb/sth
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All you have to do is throw in your lot with me.
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At the next meeting of the Unionist Cabinet Ministers Boscawen threw in his lot with me.
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Desperate to win in the third most conservative state, Bush threw in his lot with the religious right.
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I suppose we are right to throw in our lot with them.
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Like Dudley Williams, Jamison threw in her lot with Alvin early on, at the start of her career.
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She threw in her lot with the Jowles.
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The Dance caught on everywhere, and eventually Sitting Bull himself threw in his lot with the shakers.
throw sb a curve
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The governor threw them a curve when he announced that funding would be cut.
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He expects to profit from the high strike mostly when he throws his overhand curve which breaks late into the strike zone.
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Just when you thought you had it all figured out, it threw you a curve like this.
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The flushing models have thrown a curve to geophysicists trying to work out how this cycle has come about.
throw sth into high relief
throw sth overboard
throw your weight about/around
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But being annual they would be open to reprisals if they threw their weight around too much.
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But that bloody Caitlin, he had to throw his weight around.
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Do we in petty ways throw our weight around?
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How dare the Nottinghamshire police suppose they can throw their weight around in this way?
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It's a chance for rugby to throw its weight around.
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Maybe she could have handled that a little more tactfully instead of sounding as though she was throwing her weight around.
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Mortgage traders were the sort of fat people who grunt from the belly and throw their weight around, like sumo wrestlers.
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Very strong in his own way, not swaggering or throwing his weight about, but a great inner strength.
throw your weight behind sb/sth
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But Gloucester learnt their lesson and threw their weight behind the task.
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Chris is following in the footsteps of other Merseyside sports personalities by throwing his weight behind drugs prevention.
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Feminists threw their weight behind Mrs Killea's campaign, and hundreds of students attended a rally in support of abortion rights.
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The idea has been mooted of throwing our weight behind her version.
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When the idea hit the streets, we at Guitarist were unanimous in wanting to throw our weight behind the project.
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Why he chose to throw his weight behind a man who stood such a slender chance remains unclear.
throw yourself on sb's mercy
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For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady.
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I would throw myself on the mercy of the circuit-house, usually reserved for traveling politicians and sundry bigwigs.
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You're so sweet I just wanted to throw myself on your mercy and beg you to help me.
throw/cast caution to the winds
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Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
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My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
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The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
throw/put sb off the scent
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And why should I try to throw you off the scent ?
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But he'd got to put Graham off the scent .
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Or were they trying to put him off the scent ?
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That put them off the scent .
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The aspirant towards a more spiritual way of life will be thrown entirely off the scent .
throw/shed/cast light on sth
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Newly found Aztec artifacts may shed some light on their mysterious culture.
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A fretful wind was not enough to open them and shed light on the ruptured earth in which they lay.
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An analysis of the results should shed light on the workings of the Northern Ireland labour market.
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Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.
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He uses relativity to throw light on time and eternity, and indeterminacy to comment on free will.
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In addition, the research is expected to shed light on the social consequences of cities' changing economic roles.
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Owing to the small sample size, the results can only be expected to shed light on the trends.
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Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned.
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This may shed light on Soviet views of such zones.
throw/toss your hat into the ring
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A couple of kids started throwing stones at my window.
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A small plane was lifted up and thrown across the tarmac by a freak gust of wind.
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Carrie threw him a box of matches.
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Cromartie ran after the ball and threw it back to the pitcher in one smooth movement.
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He threw the ball so hard it went over their heads.
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I could answer most of the questions but the last one really threw me.
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I was cycling home when I got hit by a car and thrown off my bike.
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Joe Jackson was one of eight Chicago White Sox accused of throwing the 1919 World Series.
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John stood on the beach, throwing stones into the waves.
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Julie threw the basketball straight into the net.
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Rick was Kitty's boyfriend, you know, and his death threw her for a loop.
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She's only three, and she can throw pretty accurately.
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She was so angry that she threw the pan straight at my head.
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The blast from the explosion threw debris high up into the air.
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The boys were throwing and catching a frisbee on the beach.
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The La Scala crowd cheered and threw flowers to the 57 year old tenor.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A citizen assigned to jury duty is jailed for throwing a temper tantrum before a judge.
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Corbett crumpled the parchment into a ball and threw it angrily at the wall.
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Elmer throws him a hand of hay and pours a scoop of sweet feed into his trough.
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Organisers denied reports that punches were thrown.
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They would go to a hospital where they would throw a dice.
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This threw George, and he got his lines wrong.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
free
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He even took out his mouthpiece and chatted up the referees during free throws .
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Eddie is 100 percent from the free throw line.
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After Delk missed his free throw , Armstrong hit two free throws with 21 seconds left.
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A mad scramble followed a Dollar free throw , and Hamilton eventually grabbed the ball on the right wing.
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Chris Childs hit two free throws to make it 88-87.
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A 72. 7-percent free throw shooter, Hamilton hit the shot, an the score was tied.
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He was fouled immediately and made both free throws to give the Knicks a 91-88 lead.
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Missed free throws usually indicate when a team becomes tired.
long
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Good long throw and it will all be over.
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On his one attempt at a long throw , he overthrew James Jett.
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Gray's long throw was headed clear but Turner was well placed to belt it straight back from 20 yards out.
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His long throw allowed Chris Kiwomya to plunder the opening goal after 56 minutes.
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It stood almost alone, for the immediate houses on either side were both a long stone's throw away.
■ NOUN
stone
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Peter: Well, cause trouble, you know; play knocking on doors, throw stones at windows and that.
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The older girls used to stand me in a corner of the playground and throw stones at me.
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Mummy, please let me go and throw stones at the idiots.
■ VERB
make
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He was fouled immediately and made both free throws to give the Knicks a 91-88 lead.
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He made several crucial third-down throws , especially in leading the Steelers to a momentum-altering touchdown late in the first half.
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Then Willis made two more free throws .
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They made enough free throws in the final minutes to maintain a multi-possession lead.
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Sally makes both her free throws .
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Over a period of 4 minutes 28 seconds, the Lakers scored one basket and made two free throws .
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All you have to do is make a free throw and she gets splashed.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a stone's throw from sth/away (from sth)
a throw of the dice
bring/throw sth into relief
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The touches or larger areas of primary colours that throw the figures into relief are now less strident, more resonant.
cast/throw pearls before swine
catch/throw sb off-balance
jump/be thrown in at the deep end
people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
throw down the gauntlet
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At this point Morag Harkness, Sales Manager threw down the gauntlet and challenged the guys to a netball match.
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Cerda interviewed those named in his testimony, including Wally Fuentes Morrison, and then threw down the gauntlet to Pinochet.
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Fresh from their success they have thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the Group.
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It's going on five years since Earl Woods threw down the gauntlet and the snickering has stopped.
throw in/cast your lot with sb/sth
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All you have to do is throw in your lot with me.
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At the next meeting of the Unionist Cabinet Ministers Boscawen threw in his lot with me.
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Desperate to win in the third most conservative state, Bush threw in his lot with the religious right.
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I suppose we are right to throw in our lot with them.
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Like Dudley Williams, Jamison threw in her lot with Alvin early on, at the start of her career.
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She threw in her lot with the Jowles.
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The Dance caught on everywhere, and eventually Sitting Bull himself threw in his lot with the shakers.
throw sth into high relief
throw sth overboard
throw your weight about/around
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But being annual they would be open to reprisals if they threw their weight around too much.
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But that bloody Caitlin, he had to throw his weight around.
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Do we in petty ways throw our weight around?
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How dare the Nottinghamshire police suppose they can throw their weight around in this way?
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It's a chance for rugby to throw its weight around.
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Maybe she could have handled that a little more tactfully instead of sounding as though she was throwing her weight around.
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Mortgage traders were the sort of fat people who grunt from the belly and throw their weight around, like sumo wrestlers.
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Very strong in his own way, not swaggering or throwing his weight about, but a great inner strength.
throw your weight behind sb/sth
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But Gloucester learnt their lesson and threw their weight behind the task.
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Chris is following in the footsteps of other Merseyside sports personalities by throwing his weight behind drugs prevention.
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Feminists threw their weight behind Mrs Killea's campaign, and hundreds of students attended a rally in support of abortion rights.
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The idea has been mooted of throwing our weight behind her version.
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When the idea hit the streets, we at Guitarist were unanimous in wanting to throw our weight behind the project.
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Why he chose to throw his weight behind a man who stood such a slender chance remains unclear.
throw yourself on sb's mercy
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For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady.
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I would throw myself on the mercy of the circuit-house, usually reserved for traveling politicians and sundry bigwigs.
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You're so sweet I just wanted to throw myself on your mercy and beg you to help me.
throw/cast caution to the winds
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Anything less truly would be throwing caution to the winds.
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My friends and their little daughter went splashing blithely in so I threw caution to the winds and followed.
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The two of us threw caution to the winds and raced to the rescue.
throw/put sb off the scent
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And why should I try to throw you off the scent ?
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But he'd got to put Graham off the scent .
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Or were they trying to put him off the scent ?
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That put them off the scent .
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The aspirant towards a more spiritual way of life will be thrown entirely off the scent .
throw/shed/cast light on sth
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Newly found Aztec artifacts may shed some light on their mysterious culture.
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A fretful wind was not enough to open them and shed light on the ruptured earth in which they lay.
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An analysis of the results should shed light on the workings of the Northern Ireland labour market.
▪
Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.
▪
He uses relativity to throw light on time and eternity, and indeterminacy to comment on free will.
▪
In addition, the research is expected to shed light on the social consequences of cities' changing economic roles.
▪
Owing to the small sample size, the results can only be expected to shed light on the trends.
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Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned.
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This may shed light on Soviet views of such zones.
throw/toss your hat into the ring
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Lundgren won the discus competition with a throw of 130 yards.
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Martinez made a nice throw to third base for the last out.
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That was a very long throw -- at least 80 yards.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A mad scramble followed a Dollar free throw , and Hamilton eventually grabbed the ball on the right wing.
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A saving throw of 6 is permitted to take account of the Squig.
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On the ensuing inbounds pass, Bobby Edwards fouled Bailey, who made one of two free throws.
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The drama continued throughout the evening as the contest got under way, with fortunes changing with every throw of the darts.
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They missed 10 of 26 free throws and turned the ball over 16 times.