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toss to the wind

toss to the wind is the alternative form of throw to the wind.

Meaning of throw to the wind

Verb

throw to the wind (third-person singular simple present throws to the wind, present participle throwing to the wind, simple past threw to the wind, past participle thrown to the wind)

  1. (idiomatic) To discard or dispense with, especially in an abrupt or reckless manner.
    • Proud of their accomplishment, they recently threw secrecy to the wind, opened their basement display room to visitors.1967 December 1, “Under the Haberdashery By the City Gate”, in Time

Forms of toss to the wind

third-person singular presenttosses to the wind
present participletossing to the wind
past participletossed to the wind
pasttossed to the wind

Questions about toss to the wind

What is toss to the wind the alternative form of?
Toss to the wind is the alternative form of throw to the wind.

Words near toss to the wind in the dictionary

  1. toss salad
  2. toss someone a bone
  3. toss someone's salad
  4. toss the pieman
  5. toss to the lions
  6. toss to the wind
  7. toss together
  8. toss up
  9. toss'd
  10. toss-pot
  11. toss-pots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toss to the wind (page history and authors); throw to the wind (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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