throw over

verb

1. tr, adverb to forsake or abandon; jilt

Idioms and Phrases

Reject, abandon, as in They'd lived together for a year when she suddenly threw him over and moved out . This idiom, possibly alluding to throwing something or someone overboard, was first recorded in 1835.

Example Sentences

Surely you are not going to throw over all allegiance to your husband on that account, even granting he was to blame.

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Seen a woman sweepin' up her husband's tobacco ashes 'n' carryin' 'em out to throw over the wall.

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The use of the average couch cover as a throw-over leaves a large corner which drags upon the floor.

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Erhardt, remarking on the furs which the heroes throw over their shoulders when aroused, says that this kind of wrap is very late.

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Then a shawl, of flannel or any other warm material, is to be provided, to throw over the shoulders if the weather be cold.

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