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throw oneself into

throw oneself into verb: to engage heartily in; to get fully involved in.

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

Forms of throw oneself into

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

Questions about throw oneself into

What does throw oneself into mean?
Throw oneself into means to engage heartily in; to get fully involved in.
What part of speech is throw oneself into?
Throw oneself into is a verb.
What is the past tense of throw oneself into?
The past tense of throw oneself into is threw oneself into.

Words near throw oneself into in the dictionary

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

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