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throw over

verb

threw over; thrown over; throwing over; throws over
Synonyms of throw overnext

transitive verb

1
: to forsake despite bonds of attachment or duty
2
: to refuse to accept : reject

Examples of throw over in a Sentence

if the U.S. Senate throws over the treaty, the President's prestige will be in shambles
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Stewart, who has been a Chanel ambassador since 2013 and has therefore worn the designs of all three of the brand’s post-Coco Chanel designers, saw a realism in the models’ mix of casual clothes and exuberantly formal ones, with jackets thrown over arms and newspapers stuffed into handbags. Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 3 Dec. 2025 Add an ornamental throw over your duvets to tie it all together. Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2025 Make Young try to throw over a forest, and the turnovers will fall into your lap. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025 And then Josh makes his throw over the middle (to Khalil) Shakir, and it’s perfectly timed by Bryan Cook, but the Chiefs employed the triple spy and tried to limit Josh Allen. Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 4 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for throw over

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of throw over was in 1835

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“Throw over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throw%20over. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.

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