throw someone

Idioms  

1. Cause someone to be confused or perplexed, disconcert someone, as in We didn't let our worries throw us, or That unfavorable review threw her. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] Also see knock for a loop.

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Example Sentences

"If you throw someone into this environment and they are not quite ready we have seen how harsh it can be," he said.

From BBC

As for sink or swim tactics: They work for some people, but they traumatize others, and sometimes when you throw someone into the deep end, they just drown.

From Slate

“It’s like, you can tell me rap is bad, but he just spit those bars. Let’s be 100 about it. And I think to be able to honor the gift that someone possesses, even if maybe we don’t agree with their lifestyle, or agree with the words that they’re using to demonstrate it, I think that when you completely throw someone out, that it makes us internalize, ‘Well ...

From Los Angeles Times

“What really gets me is there is rental assistance and so many landlords just don’t want it. They would rather throw someone on the street than take money,” Eric Kwartler, managing attorney of Lone Star Legal Aid’s Eviction Right to Counsel Project, which covers Houston and Harris County in Texas.

From Seattle Times

“Because beforehand those things weren’t coming to me. I wasn’t getting the positions I was applying for. And I get it: I have no line experience. You don’t want to throw someone on the line if you don’t think they’re good at it. But I really want to be in this industry so I’m hoping once the show airs, people see this is a passion of mine.”

From Seattle Times