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in the throws of

in the throws of is the misspelling of in the throes of.

Meaning of in the throes of

Preposition

in the throes of

  1. Heavily occupied, or busily involved in an important activity.
    • We won't be able to meet next week as we will be in the throes of moving offices. Perhaps the week after will be better.

Questions about in the throws of

What is in the throws of the misspelling of?
In the throws of is the misspelling of in the throes of.

Words near in the throws of in the dictionary

  1. in the tank
  2. in the teeth of
  3. in the thick of
  4. in the thick of it
  5. in the throes of
  6. in the throws of
  7. in the toilet
  8. in the trenches
  9. in the twinkling of a bedpost
  10. in the twinkling of a bedstaff
  11. in the twinkling of an eye

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in the throws of (page history and authors); in the throes of (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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