throwing over

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

   Synonyms:

   break up with, dump