THROW SB A BONE

Meaning of THROW SB A BONE in English

to give sb a small part of what they want as a way of showing that you want to help them, without offering them the main thing they want

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SB — Solomon Islands
Internet Domains English vocabulary
SB — abbreviation bachelor of science, southbound
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BONE — I Rigid connective tissue of Bones serve as the body's supporting framework, provide muscle-attachment points for movement, protect the internal …
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
BONE — I. ˈbōn noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English boon, bon, from Old English bān; akin to …
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SB — I. abbreviation or noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin scientiae baccalaureus Bachelor of Science II. abbreviation 1. sales book …
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SB — symbol Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
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SB — abbreviation 1. stilb 2. substantive
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BÔNE — adjective or bone Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Bône or Bone (now Annaba ), Algeria : of or from the …
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SB — Symbol, Chem. antimony. [ stibium ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BONE — /bohn/ , n. , v. , boned, boning , adv. n. 1. Anat. , Zool. a. one of the structures …
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
BONE — I. ˈbōn noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bon, from Old English bān; akin to Old High German & …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — 1. [New Latin scientiae baccalaureus ] bachelor of science 2. southbound
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — Etymology: Latin stibium antimony
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SB — substantive
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
BONE — vt to fertilize with bone. 2. bone ·noun dice. 3. bone ·noun fig.: the framework of anything. 4. bone ·vt …
Webster English vocab
SB — ■ symbol the chemical element antimony. Origin from L. stibium .
Concise Oxford 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
SB — [sb] abbreviation substantive Sb [L stibium] abbreviation antimony SB [NL scientiae baccalaureus] abbreviation bachelor of science; simultaneous broadcast, southbound
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BONE — [bone] n, often attrib [ME bon, fr. OE ban; akin to OHG & ON bein bone, and perh. to OIr …
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BONE — rigid body tissue consisting of cells embedded in an abundant, hard intercellular material. The two principal components of this material, …
Britannica English vocabulary
BONE — bone, Bone BrE AmE bəʊn AmE boʊn ▷ boned bəʊnd AmE boʊnd ▷ boning ˈbəʊn ɪŋ AmE ˈboʊn ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THROW — / θrəʊ; NAmE θroʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( threw / θruː; NAmE /, thrown / θrəʊn; NAmE θroʊn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BONE — / bəʊn; NAmE boʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] any of the hard parts that form …
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THROW — I. throw 1 S1 W1 /θrəʊ $ θroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense threw /θruː/, past participle thrown /θrəʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BONE — I. bone 1 S2 W2 /bəʊn $ boʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ban ] 1 …
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
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [L stibium]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BONE — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
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
BONE — n. & v. n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. [ L stibium ]
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
BONE — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in …
Oxford English vocab
SB — symb. Chem. the element antimony. Etymology: L stibium
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
BONE — ( bones, boning, boned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your bones …
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THROW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bone china bone dry ▪ There had been no rain for months and the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BONE — n. Rigid connective tissue of vertebrates , consisting of cells embedded in a hard matrix. Bones serve as the body's …
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BONE — Synonyms and related words : adamant, aitchbone, anklebone, anvil, backbone, bill, biscuit, bony, breastbone, brick, buck, calcaneus, cannon bone, carpal, …
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
BONE — n. 25B6; noun . See lists here and at fracture . osseous, osteo-. Human Bones See also vertebra . occipital …
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THROW — v. 1 toss, cast, hurl, fling, sling, pitch, dash, propel, project, shy, bowl, send, launch, Colloq chuck He threw the …
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SB — Should Be Slow Blow (type of electric fuse) Sweater Boy For more possible definitions for SB , click here ©1988-2002, …
Most Common Acronyms and Abbreviations English vocabulary
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
BONE — I 1. сущ. 1) о кости как части тела позвоночных а) кость to the bone bone-polisher set a broken bone …
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
BONE — bone.ogg _I 1. bəʋn n 1. кость 2. 1> кость ( материал ) bone manure - костяное удобрение 2> собир. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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
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
BONE — _I 1. bəʋn n 1. кость 2. 1> кость ( материал ) bone manure - костяное удобрение 2> собир. костяные …
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
BONE — I bəun 1. сущ. 1) о кости как части тела позвоночных а) кость - bone-polisher - break a bone - …
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
BONE — I [¤†Ќ] bone.wav 1. сущ. 1) о кости как части тела позвоночных а) кость - bone-polisher - break a bone - fracture a bone - set a …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BONE — 1) кость 2) pl костяк, скелет • - adlacrimal bone - adnasal bone - angular bone - ankle bone - anvil bone - articular bone - autarticular bone - basidigital …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BONE — 1) кость 2) pl костяк, скелет • - adlacrimal bone - adnasal bone - angular bone - ankle bone - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

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