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send for a toss

send for a toss verb: to use or invest on the off chance.

Verb

send for a toss (third-person singular simple present sends for a toss, present participle sending for a toss, simple past and past participle sent for a toss)

  1. (idiomatic) To use or invest on the off chance.
    • He is going to Rennes and was sent for a toss, bred down from Kirkpatrick stock.1986, British Homing World - Volume 59, page 10
    • She was overpowering, stronger than me, not physically but in every other respect and I think that is what drew me close to her in the first place when each piece of my imagination was sent for a toss.2014, Sharad Singh, Love Stuck Dumb Struck

Forms of send for a toss

third-person singular presentsends for a toss
present participlesending for a toss
past participlesent for a toss
pastsent for a toss

Questions about send for a toss

What does send for a toss mean?
Send for a toss means to use or invest on the off chance.
What part of speech is send for a toss?
Send for a toss is a verb.
What is the past tense of send for a toss?
The past tense of send for a toss is sent for a toss.

Words near send for a toss in the dictionary

  1. send below
  2. send bush
  3. send down
  4. send down for
  5. send for
  6. send for a toss
  7. send forth
  8. send her down Hughie
  9. send in
  10. send it
  11. send it up the flagpole and see who salutes

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