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throw oneself at

throw oneself at verb: to make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get the romantic attention of (a person).

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get the romantic attention of (a person).

Forms of throw oneself at

third-person singular presentthrows oneself at
present participlethrowing oneself at
pastthrew oneself at
past participlethrown oneself at

Questions about throw oneself at

What does throw oneself at mean?
Throw oneself at means to make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get the romantic attention of (a person).
What part of speech is throw oneself at?
Throw oneself at is a verb.
What is the past tense of throw oneself at?
The past tense of throw oneself at is threw oneself at.

Words near throw oneself at in the dictionary

  1. throw one's toys out of the cot
  2. throw one's toys out of the pram
  3. throw one's voice
  4. throw one's weight around
  5. throw one's weight behind
  6. throw oneself at
  7. throw oneself behind
  8. throw oneself into
  9. throw oneself on someone's mercy
  10. throw open
  11. throw out

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