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tosses around

tosses around is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 tosses around

What is tosses around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tosses around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of toss around.

Words near tosses around in the dictionary

  1. tosserish
  2. tossers
  3. tossery
  4. tosses
  5. tosses and turns
  6. tosses around
  7. tosses away
  8. tosses down
  9. tosses in
  10. tosses in with
  11. tosses it in

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