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throw in one's lot with

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Definition of throw in one's lot with

: to join or become associated with a person, group, or thing that one hopes will win or succeed
  • During the American Civil War, my great-grandfather threw in his lot with the Confederacy/Union.

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throw play

  1. : to propel through the air by a forward motion of the hand and arm

  2. : to propel through the air in any manner

  3. : pitch

  1. : an act of throwing, hurling, or flinging

  2. : an act of throwing dice

  3. : the number thrown with a cast of dice

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lot play

  1. : an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance

  2. : the use of lots as a means of deciding something

  3. : the resulting choice

  1. : allot, apportion

  2. : to form or divide into lots

  1. : a nephew of Abraham who according to the account in Genesis escaped from the doomed city of Sodom with his wife who turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back

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