throwing one's cap over the windmill
throwing one's cap over the windmill is the present participle and gerund of throw one's cap over the windmill.
Meaning of throw one's cap over the windmill
Verb
throw one's cap over the windmill (third-person singular simple present throws one's cap over the windmill, present participle throwing one's cap over the windmill, simple past threw one's cap over the windmill, past participle thrown one's cap over the windmill)
- To act in a bizarre, eccentric or immoral manner.
- Awfully commercial, women nowadays. Our grandmothers threw their caps over the mills, of course, but, by Jove, their granddaughters only throw their caps over mills that can raise the wind for them.1892, Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, Act III
- Synonyms:
- throw one's hat over the windmill
Questions about throwing one's cap over the windmill
- What is throwing one's cap over the windmill the present participle and gerund of?
- Throwing one's cap over the windmill is the present participle and gerund of throw one's cap over the windmill.
Words near throwing one's cap over the windmill in the dictionary
- throwing off balance
- throwing off on
- throwing off the trail
- throwing on
- throwing one's back out
- throwing one's cap over the windmill
- throwing one's hat in the ring
- throwing one's hat into the ring
- throwing one's hat over the fence
- throwing one's hat over the wall
- throwing one's hotdog down someone's hallway
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