throw+back
101throw — [OE] Old English thrāwan meant ‘twist, turn’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *thrējan, which also produced German drehen ‘turn’. This in turn went back to the Indo European base *ter , whose other descendants include Greek teírein ‘wear out’ …
102throw — [OE] Old English thrāwan meant ‘twist, turn’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic *thrējan, which also produced German drehen ‘turn’. This in turn went back to the Indo European base *ter , whose other descendants include Greek teírein ‘wear out’ …
103throw someone over — ABANDON, leave, desert, discard, turn one s back on, cast aside/off; jilt, break up with, finish with, leave in the lurch, leave high and dry; informal dump, ditch, chuck, drop, walk out on, run out on, leave flat, give someone the push/elbow,… …
104Back eccentric — Eccentric Ec*cen tric ([e^]k*s[e^]n tr[i^]k), n. 1. A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first. [1913 Webster] 2. One who, or that which, deviates from regularity; an anomalous or irregular person or …
105back cross — noun A throw where the object is caught and then thrown from behind the back …
106back and fill — Synonyms and related words: about ship, alternate, battledore and shuttlecock, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change, change course, change… …
107back\ up — v 1. To move backwards. The train was backing up. 2. To help or be ready to help; stay behind to help; agree with and speak in support of. Jim has joined the Boy Scouts and his father is backing him up. The principal backs up the faculty. Jim… …
108throw something back in someone's face — informal to behave badly towards someone who has been good to you He threw all her kindness back in her face …
109THROW DOWN THE — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) [GONT lit] to challenge another, as to a fight or debate. She questioned his credibility and thus officially threw down the gauntlet. SYN.: challenge, dare, invite to debate, invite to do battle, contest, start trouble …
110throw-in — noun (C) the act of throwing the ball back onto the field in football, after it has gone over the line at the side of the field …
