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rethrow

rethrow verb: to throw again.

Verb

rethrow (third-person singular simple present rethrows, present participle rethrowing, simple past rethrew, past participle rethrown)

  1. (transitive) To throw again.
    • Then, I could simply grab the gross ball with that and rethrow it.2023, Madelyn Scott, Homicide and Hearts: Valentine's Day
  2. (transitive) To throw (an exception) again.

Noun

rethrow (plural rethrows)

  1. The act of throwing an exception again.

Forms of rethrow

Verb
third-person singular presentrethrows
present participlerethrowing
pastrethrew
past participlerethrown
Noun
pluralrethrows

Origin of rethrow

From re- + throw.

Questions about rethrow

What does rethrow mean?
Rethrow means to throw again.
What part of speech is rethrow?
Rethrow can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of rethrow?
The past tense of rethrow is rethrew.

Words near rethrow in the dictionary

  1. rethrombosis
  2. rethrone
  3. rethroned
  4. rethrones
  5. rethroning
  6. rethrow
  7. rethrowing
  8. rethrown
  9. rethrows
  10. rethrust
  11. rethrusted

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