Slang definitions & phrases for throw something at something
throw something at something
verb phrase
To cover or pelt a problem with some usually futile remedy: Experience with throwing bureaucrats at such problems does not presage success(1970s+)
The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D. Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers. Cite This Source