Antonyms for throw over

Grammar : Verb

Spell : throh

Phonetic Transcription : θroʊ

Definition of throw over

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.

verb abandon, leave

Example sentences :

She had already selected a mantle to throw over her shoulders.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Why didn't you throw over your anchor and wait where you were?
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He started to remove his jacket to throw over her shoulders, but she objected.
Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

Throw over me a curse which will kill me instantly, or make your will.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Pour it into the runways of the ants, and then throw over these a mat.
Extract from : « Making a Lawn » by Luke Joseph Doogue

After that the cadets continued to throw over the structure for some time.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch » by Edward Stratemeyer

In my room Lucette was standing with the cloak ready to throw over me.
Extract from : « Out in the Forty-Five » by Emily Sarah Holt

His first intention had been to throw over all his scientific study once for all.
Extract from : « The Brentons » by Anna Chapin Ray

And if he break that law and throw over all that thraldom;—what then?
Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope

We have long fish-lines which we throw over the ship's side.
Extract from : « The Nursery, July 1877, XXII. No. 1 » by Various

Synonyms for throw over

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