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tossed around

tossed around is the simple past and past participle of toss around.

Meaning of toss around

Verb

toss around (third-person singular simple present tosses around, present participle tossing around, simple past and past participle tossed around)

  1. (transitive) To offer for suggestion.
    • "We’ve also tossed around increasing the gate admission from $5 to $7 or $8, but we really want to avoid impacting the fairgoer, so we’re keeping admission at $5," Jensen said.2009 August 6, Mark Olson, “County fair adapts to unfair economy”, in Chaska Herald
  2. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To toss (throw) from one person to another..
    • We tossed around the football in the park.

Questions about tossed around

What is tossed around the simple past and past participle of?
Tossed around is the simple past and past participle of toss around.

Words near tossed around in the dictionary

  1. tossable
  2. tossaroon
  3. tossaroons
  4. tossed
  5. tossed and turned
  6. tossed around
  7. tossed away
  8. tossed down
  9. tossed in
  10. tossed in with
  11. tossed it in

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