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tossing around

tossing around is the present participle and gerund 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 tossing around

What is tossing around the present participle and gerund of?
Tossing around is the present participle and gerund of toss around.

Words near tossing around in the dictionary

  1. Tosside
  2. tossily
  3. tossin'
  4. tossing
  5. tossing and turning
  6. tossing around
  7. tossing away
  8. tossing down
  9. tossing in
  10. tossing in with
  11. tossing it in

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