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threw the hatchet

threw the hatchet is the simple past of throw the hatchet.

Meaning of throw the hatchet

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).

Questions about threw the hatchet

What is threw the hatchet the simple past of?
Threw the hatchet is the simple past of throw the hatchet.

Words near threw the hatchet in the dictionary

  1. threw the baby out with the bathwater
  2. threw the book at
  3. threw the bull
  4. threw the bull around
  5. threw the handkerchief
  6. threw the hatchet
  7. threw the rulebook at
  8. threw them bows
  9. threw things at the wall and saw what stuck
  10. threw to the dogs
  11. threw to the lions

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