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throw the hatchet

throw the hatchet verb: synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).

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”).

Synonyms of throw the hatchet

Forms of throw the hatchet

third-person singular presentthrows the hatchet
present participlethrowing the hatchet
pastthrew the hatchet
past participlethrown the hatchet

Questions about throw the hatchet

What does throw the hatchet mean?
Throw the hatchet means synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).
What part of speech is throw the hatchet?
Throw the hatchet is a verb.
What is the past tense of throw the hatchet?
The past tense of throw the hatchet is threw the hatchet.

Words near throw the hatchet in the dictionary

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

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