Phrasal Verbs With "Throw"

Throw away

• Meaning: Discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash, to dispose of
• Example: He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldn’t find a trash can.

Throw away

• Meaning: Waste, to squander
• Example: The team threw away its chance at the semifinals.

Throw down

• Meaning: Cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully
• Example: The soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered.

  Throw in

  • Meaning: Add something extra free of charge
  • Example: If you take the large size, we’ll throw in a set of tea towels.

  Throw off

  • Meaning: Confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer
  • Example: I never saw her without glasses before, so it threw me off when she got contact lenses.

  Throw off

  • Meaning: Introduce errors or inaccuracies; to skew
  • Example: The dirt in the apparatus threw off the results.

  Throw on

  • Meaning: Hastily put on (clothes)
  • Example: He threw on a T-shirt and raced outside.

  Throw out

  • Meaning: Discard; to dispense with something; to throw away
  • Example: Just throw out that pen if it doesn’t write anymore.

  Throw out

  • Meaning: Dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere
  • Example: The board threw the man out, because he wouldn’t cooperate and agree with their plans to remodernize the facility.

  Throw out

  • Meaning: Offer an idea for consideration
  • Example: Let me throw this out there – how about if we make the igloo out of butter? Would that work?

  Throw out

  • Meaning: Produce in a haphazard fashion
  • Example: This program keeps throwing out errors.

  Throw up

  • Meaning: Vomit
  • Example: The baby threw up all over my shirt.

  Throw up

  • Meaning: Produce something new or unexpected
  • Example: This system has thrown up a few problems.

  Throw up

  • Meaning: Cause something such as dust or water to rise into the air
  • Example: The car wheels threw up a shower of stones.