Phrase Hound found 102 phrases and 12 compound words that contain thrown. The most common are listed below. Open thrown in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 102
- thrown awaypast participle of throw away: To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
- thrown outpast participle of throw out
- thrown offpast participle of throw off: To confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- thrown uppast participle of throw up: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
- thrown backpast participle of throw back: To hinder the development of something.
- thrown togetherpast participle of throw together: To assemble rapidly, without precision.
- thrown to the wolvespast participle of throw to the wolves: To sacrifice someone, especially in an attempt to save oneself.
- thrown downpast participle of throw down: To cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
- thrown in the cardspast participle of throw in the cards: To quit; to give up.
- thrown off balancepast participle of throw off balance: To unsettle, to catch by surprise.
- thrown in the towelpast participle of throw in the towel: To quit; to give up.
- thrown away the keypast participle of throw away the key: To never release someone (e.g., from prison).
- thrown off the trailpast participle of throw off the trail: To misguide.
- thrown to the dogspast participle of throw to the dogs: To throw away as useless.
- thrown to the lionspast participle of throw to the lions: To place someone in a difficult situation for which they are completely unprepared.
- thrown to the windpast participle of throw to the wind: To discard or dispense with, especially in an abrupt or reckless manner.
- thrown to the windspast participle of throw to the winds: To discard or dispense with, especially in an abrupt or reckless manner.
- out-thrownpast participle of out-throw: To throw out.
- thrown aboutpast participle of throw about: To change direction; to change from one tack to another.
- thrown asidepast participle of throw aside: To throw away, to reject.
- thrown handspast participle of throw hands: To come to blows, fistfight.
- thrown openpast participle of throw open: To open to visitors
- thrown overpast participle of throw over: To discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
- thrown shadepast participle of throw shade: To subtly insult someone.
- thrown shapespast participle of throw shapes: To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.
Compound words 12
- downthrownHaving, or being, a downthrow
- thrownnessThe Heideggerian concept of individual human existence as a case of being thrown arbitrarily into the world.
- unthrownNot thrown.
- windthrownUprooted or overthrown by the wind.
- forethrownthrown forward
- overthrownpast participle of overthrow: To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp.
- counterthrownpast participle of counterthrow: A move that saves a fighter from being thrown by the opponent and converts the motion into a throw of the opponent instead.
- misthrownpast participle of misthrow: To throw incorrectly.
- offthrownpast participle of offthrow: The act of throwing off; (by extension) liberation
- outthrownpast participle of outthrow: To throw out.