throw stones
throw stones verb: to insult or criticize someone or something.
Verb
throw stones (third-person singular simple present throws stones, present participle throwing stones, simple past threw stones, past participle thrown stones)
- To insult or criticize someone or something.
- Chinese memes about Venom, combined with the silliness of Sony’s charm offensive and Venom’s depicted earnestness, seem to have generated huge interest in the movie from Chinese audiences. And before we throw stones at Chinese teratophilia, you have to remember that there are plenty of Americans...2018 November 26, Alex Abad-Santos, “China has helped Venom become an $822 million box office success”, in Vox
Forms of throw stones
| third-person singular present | throws stones |
|---|---|
| present participle | throwing stones |
| past | threw stones |
| past participle | thrown stones |
Questions about throw stones
- What does throw stones mean?
- Throw stones means to insult or criticize someone or something.
- What part of speech is throw stones?
- Throw stones is a verb.
- What is the past tense of throw stones?
- The past tense of throw stones is threw stones.
Words near throw stones in the dictionary
- throw someone out of bed
- throw something in someone's face
- throw something in someone's teeth
- throw spaghetti against the wall
- throw spaghetti at the wall
- throw stones
- throw stones in a glass house
- throw tantrums
- throw the baby out with the bath water
- throw the baby out with the bathwater
- throw the book at
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