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threw oneself into

threw oneself into is the simple past of throw oneself into.

Meaning of throw oneself into

Verb

throw oneself into (third-person singular simple present throws oneself into, present participle throwing oneself into, simple past threw oneself into, past participle thrown oneself into)

  1. (transitive) To engage heartily in; to get fully involved in.
    • By June, Nathaniel was asked by the administration to coordinate prisoners' response to AIDS, a task he initially did not welcome. Nevertheless, he threw himself into it, and began by asking BWMT/Boston for educational brochures.1988 February 14, Richard Tremblay, “A Boat With A Sail”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 5

Questions about threw oneself into

What is threw oneself into the simple past of?
Threw oneself into is the simple past of throw oneself into.

Words near threw oneself into in the dictionary

  1. threw one's voice
  2. threw one's weight around
  3. threw one's weight behind
  4. threw oneself at
  5. threw oneself behind
  6. threw oneself into
  7. threw oneself on someone's mercy
  8. threw open
  9. threw out
  10. threw out the baby with the bathwater
  11. threw over

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