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threw spaghetti at the wall

threw spaghetti at the wall is the simple past of throw spaghetti at the wall.

Meaning of throw spaghetti at the wall

Verb

throw spaghetti at the wall (third-person singular simple present throws spaghetti at the wall, present participle throwing spaghetti at the wall, simple past threw spaghetti at the wall, past participle thrown spaghetti at the wall)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To make a large amount of attempts or guesses, with the hope that one of them will be successful.

Questions about threw spaghetti at the wall

What is threw spaghetti at the wall the simple past of?
Threw spaghetti at the wall is the simple past of throw spaghetti at the wall.

Words near threw spaghetti at the wall in the dictionary

  1. threw someone a bone
  2. threw someone a curveball
  3. threw something in someone's face
  4. threw something in someone's teeth
  5. threw spaghetti against the wall
  6. threw spaghetti at the wall
  7. threw stones
  8. threw stones in a glass house
  9. threw tantrums
  10. threw the baby out with the bathwater
  11. threw the book at

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