Base verb
Phrasal verbs with throw
The verb throw combines with 12 particles to form everyday phrasal verbs. Each particle steers the meaning in its own direction — here they are with clear definitions and examples, so you can see the whole family at once.
12 phrasal verbs · 13 meanings
throw around
1 sense- Use words or sums freely or carelessly
throw away
2 senses- Get rid of something you no longer want
- Waste an opportunity or advantage
throw back
1 sense- Make something resemble an earlier time
throw behind
1 sense- Commit your support fully to someone
throw down
1 sense- Drop something forcefully to the ground
throw in
1 sense- Add something extra to a deal at no extra cost
throw off
1 sense- Successfully escape from something restricting
throw on
1 sense- Put on hastily
throw out
1 sense- Discard
throw over
1 sense- End a romantic relationship suddenly, often for someone else
throw together
1 sense- Make something quickly with whatever is available
throw up
1 sense- Vomit
Practice the throw family in Sink In
Sink In drills every sense of throw with spaced repetition — recognition, particle cloze, and meaning recall — so the whole family sticks instead of blurring together.