Antonyms for throw oneself

Grammar : Verb

Spell : throh

Phonetic Transcription : θroʊ

Definition of throw oneself

Origin : "to project, propel," c.1300, from Old English þrawan "to twist, turn writhe" (past tense þreow, past participle þrawen), from Proto-Germanic *thræ- (cf. Old Saxon thraian, Middle Dutch dræyen, Dutch draaien, Old High German draen, German drehen "to turn, twist;" not found in Scandinavian or Gothic), from PIE *tere- "to rub, turn, rub by turning, bore" (cf. Sanskrit turah "wounded, hurt," Greek teirein "to rub, rub away," Latin terere "to rub, thresh, grind, wear away," Old Church Slavonic tiro "to rub," Lithuanian trinu "to rub," Old Irish tarathar "borer," Welsh taraw "to strike").
Not the usual Old English word for "to throw" (weorpan, related to warp (v.) was common in this sense). The sense evolution may be via the notion of whirling a missile before throwing it. The sense of "put by force" (e.g. throw in jail) is first recorded 1560; that of "to confuse, flabbergast" is from 1844; that of "lose deliberately" is from 1868.
To throw the book at (someone) is 1932, from notion of judge sentencing a criminal from a law book full of possible punishments. To throw (one's) hat in the ring "issue a challenge," especially to announce one's candidacy, first recorded 1917. To throw up "vomit" is first recorded 1732.

As in plunge : verb dive or fall fast

Example sentences :

But if one falls, that is no reason to throw oneself in the abyss.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

Or else one wants suddenly to throw oneself on the bear earth.
Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

I call it wicked—yes, downright wicked, and tempting Providence, to throw oneself into danger unnecessarily.
Extract from : « A Veldt Official » by Bertram Mitford

Is it not a sign of life and growth to throw oneself heart and soul into whatever pursuit may be immediately to one's hand?
Extract from : « Why we should read » by S. P. B. Mais

To think of written things at such a moment and throw oneself on them—it's like an insincerity of the heart.
Extract from : « "Persons Unknown" » by Virginia Tracy

When one hears the Aasgaardsreija coming, one must throw oneself on the ground and pretend that one sleeps.
Extract from : « Strife and Peace » by Fredrika Bremer

But for people with hearts there's nothing left but to hang a stone round one's neck and throw oneself into the river.
Extract from : « A Mummer's Tale » by Anatole France

That demoniacal impulse to throw oneself from a height took possession of me.
Extract from : « White Shadows in the South Seas » by Frederick O'Brien

In fact, I think of myself as little as possible; it's the only way to bear life, to throw oneself out of the personal.
Extract from : « The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II » by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

He has nobody left him, and when one gets to seventy the best is to throw oneself into the river.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for throw oneself

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