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Sentences with throw back

throw back
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  • I should never have told you that. I knew you'd throw it back at me. [V n P + at]
  • We are constantly thrown back on our own resources. [be V-ed P + on]
  • To throw a ball.
  • To throw someone into prison; to throw a bridge across a river; to throw troops into action.
  • To throw a shawl over one's shoulders.
  • To throw the switch.
  • To throw a vase.
  • Throw all your energy into your work. The FBI threw every available agent into the case.
  • He threw a hard left jab to his opponent's chin.
  • She threw two sixes.
  • The horse threw his rider twice.
  • They threw a lavish party celebrating his 80th birthday.
  • It was her falsetto voice on top of it all that really threw me.
  • A stone's throw.
  • It was his last throw.
  • A spotlight with a throw of 500 feet.
  • He ordered four suits at $300 a throw.
  • Don't expect me to throw myself at you.
  • She threw herself into learning the new routines.
  • The members of his wife's family have all thrown themselves on him.
  • During the scandal, employees felt they had been thrown to the wolves by their employer.
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