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thrown one's toys out of the pram

thrown one's toys out of the pram is the past participle of throw one's toys out of the pram.

Meaning of throw one's toys out of the pram

Verb

throw one's toys out of the pram (third-person singular simple present throws one's toys out of the pram, present participle throwing one's toys out of the pram, simple past threw one's toys out of the pram, past participle thrown one's toys out of the pram)

  1. (British, idiomatic) To lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum.

Questions about thrown one's toys out of the pram

What is thrown one's toys out of the pram the past participle of?
Thrown one's toys out of the pram is the past participle of throw one's toys out of the pram.

Words near thrown one's toys out of the pram in the dictionary

  1. thrown one's hat over the fence
  2. thrown one's hat over the wall
  3. thrown one's hotdog down someone's hallway
  4. thrown one's luck in with
  5. thrown one's name in the hat
  6. thrown one's toys out of the pram
  7. thrown one's voice
  8. thrown one's weight around
  9. thrown one's weight behind
  10. thrown oneself at
  11. thrown oneself behind

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