Throw a monkey wrench into something
throw a fit
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- Throw a party
Put on or hold a social gathering, as in They’re throwing a party to introduce their nephew to the neighbors, or She threw a party every Saturday night. [ ; first half of 1900s ]
- Throw a punch
Deliver a blow with the first, as in He was furious enough to throw a punch at the other driver. This term originated in boxing but has been extended to less formal fisticuffs as well. [ First half of 1900s ]
- Throwaway
adjective 1. made or intended to be discarded after use or quick examination: a throwaway container; a throwaway brochure. 2. delivered or expressed casually or extemporaneously: a funny throwaway line that brings applause. noun 3. something that is made or intended to be discarded. 4. a handbill, advertising circular, pamphlet, etc., intended to be discarded […]
- Throwback
noun 1. an act of throwing back. 2. a setback or check. 3. the reversion to an ancestral or earlier type or character; atavism. 4. an example of this. noun 1. a person, animal, or plant that has the characteristics of an earlier or more primitive type a reversion to such an organism verb (adverb) […]
- Throw caution to the winds
Also, throw discretion to the winds. Behave or speak very rashly, as in Throwing caution to the winds, he ran after the truck, or I’m afraid she’s thrown discretion to the winds and told everyone about the divorce. This expression uses to the winds in the sense of “utterly vanishing” or “out of existence,” a […]