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throw back on — ˌthrow ˈback on [transitive] usually passive [present tense I/you/we/they throw back on he/she/it throws back on present participle throwing back on past tense … Useful english dictionary
Throw back — Throw back, v. i. to revert to an ancestral type or character. A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back to their Darwinian ancestry. The Century. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
throw|back — «THROH BAK», noun. 1. a throwing back. 2. a setback or check. 3. a) a reversion to an ancestral type or character. b) an example of this: »The boy seemed to be a throwback to his great grandfather … Useful english dictionary
throw back on — phrasal verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms throw back on : present tense I/you/we/they throw back on he/she/it throws back on present participle throwing back on past tense threw back on past participle thrown back on throw someone… … English dictionary
throw back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms throw back : present tense I/you/we/they throw back he/she/it throws back present participle throwing back past tense threw back past participle thrown back 1) to push the covers on a bed away from you quickly … English dictionary
throw back — verb throw back with a quick, light motion (Freq. 1) She tossed back her head • Syn: ↑toss back • Hypernyms: ↑flip, ↑toss, ↑sky, ↑pitch … Useful english dictionary
throw back — phr verb Throw back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cover, ↑duvet, ↑head, ↑sheet, ↑shutter … Collocations dictionary
throw back — 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 n] I should never have told you that. I knew you d throw it back at me. [Also V P at n n] 2) PHRASAL … English dictionary
throw back — verb a) to throw something back (such as a fish that has been caught for sport) b) to hinder the development of something See Also: throwback … Wiktionary
throw back — v. (B) she threw the ball back to me * * * [ θrəʊ bæk] (B) she threw the ball back to me … Combinatory dictionary
