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throw over

throw over verb: to discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
    • I failed to strike anything of any benefit at all, and I became entirely disgusted and threw the whole thing over.1909, Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society
    Synonyms:
    abandon, give up
  2. (transitive) To break off relations with (a friend, romantic partner etc.).
    • The girl he was engaged to at Clapton Hill tried to get it out of him, and threw him over partly because he refused, and partly because, as she said, he fairly gave her the "'ump."1901, H G Wells, Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland
    • Look here Vita—throw over your man, and we'll go to Hampton Court and dine on the river together and walk in the garden in the moonlight[…]c. 1927, Virginia Woolf, The Complete Works of Virginia Woolf
    Synonyms:
    break up with, dump

Synonyms of throw over

Forms of throw over

third-person singular presentthrows over
present participlethrowing over
pastthrew over
past participlethrown over

Questions about throw over

What does throw over mean?
Throw over means to discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
What part of speech is throw over?
Throw over is a verb.
What is the past tense of throw over?
The past tense of throw over is threw over.

Words near throw over in the dictionary

  1. throw oneself on someone's mercy
  2. throw open
  3. throw out
  4. throw out the baby with the bath water
  5. throw out the baby with the bathwater
  6. throw over
  7. throw overboard
  8. throw pearls before swine
  9. throw pillow
  10. throw pillows
  11. throw rug

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