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Definition of Throw in

1. Verb. Add as an extra or as a gratuity.

2. Verb. Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. "In the second round, the challenger gave up"

3. Verb. To insert between other elements. "She interjected clever remarks"

Definition of Throw in

1. Noun. Alternative spelling of throw-in ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To add something extra free of charge. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Throw In

throw away throw away the key throw back throw caution to the wind throw chunks throw cold water on throw dirt throw dirt enough, and some will stick throw down throw down one's tools

throw down the gauntlet throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick throw for a loop throw good money after bad throw in (current term) throw in at the deep end throw in the bark throw in the sponge throw in the towel

throw in with throw money away throw off throw off balance throw off the trail throw on throw one's cap over the windmill throw one's hat in the ring throw one's hat into the ring throw one's hat over the windmill

Literary usage of Throw in

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"More, however, is made of appearances by this class than by the others; for they throw in the good opinion of the gods, and will tell you of a shower of ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"1 throw in, Toi loi, &c. ... Toi loi, &c, To his dies my hooks I throw in, And collar his dragons clear away ; And his onions,M chain, and key. ..."

3. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1880)
"To keep your children alive and attentive, throw in plenty of stories, and remember that all success in teaching, either in or out of school, lies in a deep ..."

4. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1849)
"throw in provisions, the other to prevent its being done without their observation. 27. When they heard at Athens the circumstances of the army, ..."

5. American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a by Thomas Valentine Cooper (1892)
"In all the statistics in regard to common school education there is one little weakness resulting from the fact that we have to throw in that class men who ..."

6. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"fighting for disarming an opponent hold or throw in hand-to-hand slashing ... a throw (in fighting) hands and throws him forward from in which one catches ..."

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