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throw over

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verb

(tr, adverb) to forsake or abandon; jilt

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Words nearby throw over

throw one's hat in the ring, throw one's weight around, throw open, throw out, throw out the baby with the bath water, throw over, throw pillow, throw rug, throw someone, throwster, throw the book at
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Words related to throw over

break with, desert, discard, drop, eighty-six, forsake, jilt, quit, renounce, walk out on, finish with

Idioms and Phrases with throw over

throw over

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.

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