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throw- (iou)



throw- combining form.
[from THROW noun2 or verb.]
Forming combs. with nouns or adverbs.
throw-back noun (a) a backward movement; (b) an arrest or reverse in a course or progress, a setback; (c) reversion to an earlier ancestral type or to the methods etc. of an earlier period; an instance of this: M19.
throw cushion noun (N. Amer.) = scatter cushion s.v. SCATTER verb L20.
throw-down noun (a) slang a fall, as in wrestling; fig. a comedown, a defeat; (b) Austral. & NZ a type of small firework, a squib: L19.
throw-forward noun Rugby Football an illegal forward pass, a knock-on L19.
throw-in noun (a) Football an act of throwing the ball on to the pitch from the place where it has gone out of play; (b) Cricket & Baseball an act of throwing in the ball from the outfield; (c) Bridge an end play in which the declarer throws the lead to an opponent who has to play into a tenace combination: M19.
throw-line,
throw-net nouns a fishing-line or net cast out by hand E20.
throw-off noun (a) Hunting the throwing-off or releasing of the hounds on a hunt, the start of a hunt; gen. the start of a race etc.; (b) an act of shaking off or getting free from; (c) a thing which is thrown off, an offshoot: M19.
throw-out noun (a) an act of throwing out; spec. in Cricket, the act of throwing out an opponent; (b) a thing thrown out; something discarded, a reject; (c) a page or bound insert in a book etc. which folds out beyond the normal page size, used esp. for maps and illustrations: L19.
throw-over noun (a) an act or the result of throwing over something or someone;
throw-over switch, a switch by which each of two or more electric circuits may be brought into operation alternatively; (b) a wrap to throw over the shoulders, a loose outer garment: E19.
throw-stick noun (a) a heavy usu. curved piece of wood used as a missile; (b) = throwing-stick (a) s.v. THROWING: M19.
throw weight noun (Military) the weight of warheads which a missile can carry to a target M20.

Take One for the Team! - Baseball (gambling)


Response from offensive batting side when their batter is nearly hit by the pitched ball. If he had been hit, he would have been able to get on base automatically. Often a flippant or joking comment. This phrase is often used in Australian club Baseball in this situation but may originate from America.