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1 PHRASAL VERB If you throw something back at a person, you remind them of something bad they did in the past, in order to upset them. □ [V n P + at ] I should never have told you that. I knew you'd throw it back at me. [Also V + at ]

2 PHRASAL VERB [usu passive] If someone is thrown back on their own powers or resources, they have to use them, because there is nothing else they can use. □ [be V -ed P + on ] We are constantly thrown back on our own resources.

▸  throw down PHRASAL VERB If you throw down a challenge to someone, you do something new or unexpected in a bold or forceful manner that will probably cause them to reply or react equally strongly. □ [V P n] The regional parliament threw down a new challenge to central government. □ [V -ed P ] The team have responded to the challenge thrown down by their boss.

▸  throw in

1 PHRASAL VERB If you throw in a remark when having a conversation, you add it in a casual or unexpected way. □ [V P n] Occasionally Farling threw in a question. [Also V n P ]

2 PHRASAL VERB If a person who is selling something throws in something extra, they give you the extra thing and only ask you to pay for the first thing. □ [V P n] Pay £4.80 for larger prints and they throw in a free photo album. □ [V -ed P ] They were offering me a weekend break in Paris–with free meals thrown in. [Also V n P ]

▸  throw off

1 PHRASAL VERB If you throw off something that is restricting you or making you unhappy, you get rid of it. □ [V P n] …a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past. □ [V n P ] Depression descended upon him, and he could never throw it off.

2 PHRASAL VERB If something throws off a substance, it produces it and releases it into the air. □ [V P n] The belt may make a squealing noise and throw off sooty black particles of rubber.

3 PHRASAL VERB If you throw off people who are chasing you or trying to find you, you do something unexpected that makes them unable to catch you or find you. □ [V P n] He is said to have thrown off pursuers by pedaling across the Wisconsin state line. □ [V n P n] He tried to throw police off the track of his lover. [Also V n P ]

▸  throw out

1 → see throw away 1

2 PHRASAL VERB If a judge throws out a case, he or she rejects it and the accused person does not have to stand trial. □ [V P n] The defense wants the district Judge to throw out the case. [Also V n P ]

3 PHRASAL VERB If you throw someone out , you force them to leave a place or group. □ [be/get V -ed P + of ] He was thrown out of 14 schools in 11 years. □ [V n P + of ] I wanted to kill him, but instead I just threw him out of the house. □ [V P n] Directors at the Italian insurer threw out the chief executive in a boardroom coup. [Also V n P ]

▸  throw together

1 PHRASAL VERB If you throw something together , for example a meal or a costume, you make it quickly and not very carefully. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P n] She throws together meals on the kitchen table. [Also V n P ]

2 PHRASAL VERB If people are thrown together by a situation or event, it causes them to get to know each other, even though they may not want to. □ [be V -ed P ] The cast and crew were thrown together for 12 hours a day, six days a week. □ [V -ed P ] At school these two found themselves thrown together quite regularly. □ [be V -ed P + with ] My brother is constantly thrown together with young people through his work. [V n P + with ]

▸  throw up