Significato: throw one off the scent

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throw one Idioma

throw one

use one

throw one's weight around

Idiom(s): throw one's weight around

Theme: DOMINATION

to attempt to boss people around; to give orders. (Informal.)
• The district manager came to our office and tried to throw his weight around, but no one paid any attention to him.
• Don't try to throw your weight around in this office. We know who our boss is.

throw one's name around

Idiom(s): throw one's name around

Theme: BOASTING

to impress people by saying you know a famous or influential person. (Informal.)
• You won't get anywhere around here by throwing the mayor's name around.
• When you get to the meeting, just throw my name around a bit, and people will pay attention to you.

throw one's hands up in horror

Idiom(s): throw one's hands up in horror

Theme: SHOCK

to be shocked; to raise one's hands as if one had been frightened.
• When Bill heard the bad news, he threw his hands up in horror.
• I could do no more. I had seen more than I could stand. I just threw up my hands in horror and screamed.

throw one's hands up in despair

Idiom(s): throw one's hands up in despair

Theme: ENDINGS

to give up; to raise one's hands making a sign of giving up.
• John threw his hands up in despair because they wouldn't let him see his brother in the hospital.
• There was nothing I could do to help. I threw up my hands in despair and left.

throw oneself on the mercy of the court

Idiom(s): throw oneself on the mercy of the court AND throw oneself at the mercy of the court

Theme: LEGAL - COURTROOM

to plead for mercy from a judge in a courtroom.
• Your honor, please believe me, I didn't do it on purpose. I throw myself on the mercy of the court and beg for a light sentence.
• Jane threw herself at the mercy of the court and hoped for the best.

throw oneself at one's feet

Idiom(s): throw oneself at one's feet

Theme: HUMILITY

to bow down humbly at someone's feet.
• Do I have to throw myself at your feet in order to convince you that I'm sorry?
• I love you sincerely, Jane. I'll throw myself at your feet and await your command. I'm your slave!

throw oneself at

Idiom(s): throw oneself at someone AND fling oneself at someone

Theme: ROMANCE

to give oneself willingly to someone else for romance.
• I guess that Mary really likes John. She practically threw herself at him when he came into the room.
• Everyone could see by the way Tom flung himself at Jane that he was going to ask her for a date.

throw oneself at the mercy of the court

throw one to the wolves|throw|wolf|wolves

v. phr. 1. To turn someone into a scapegoat. In order to explain the situation to the media, the governor blamed the mayor and threw him to the wolves. 2. To send into danger without protection. Mary was very shy. Her friends did not come to speak before the club in her place. They threw her to the wolves. The boys on the football team were so small that when they played a good team they were thrown to the wolves.

throw one's hat in the ring|hat|ring|throw|toss|to

v. phr., informal To announce that you are going to try to be elected to an official position; become a candidate for office. Bill tossed his hat in the ring for class president. The senator threw his hat in the ring for re-election.

throw one's weight around|throw|weight

v. phr., informal To use one's influence or position in a showy or noisy manner. John was the star of the class play, and he was throwing his weight around telling the director how the scene should be played. Bob was stronger than the other boys, and he threw his weight around.
Compare: PULL RANK.

throw oneself at someone's feet|feet|foot|throw

v. phr. To make a public display of serving, loving, or worshipping someone. When Arthur became king, almost all of the nobles threw themselves at his feet and promised to obey and serve him. When the new girl entered school, several boys threw themselves at her feet.

throw oneself at someone's head|fling oneself at s

v. phr., informal To try hard and openly to make a person love you. She threw herself at his head, but he was interested in another girl.
Compare: AT ONE'S FEET.

throw one's hat in the ring

throw one's hat in the ring
Also, toss one's hat in the ring. Announce one's candidacy or enter a contest, as in The governor was slow to throw his hat in the ring in the senatorial race. This term comes from boxing, where throwing a hat in the ring formerly indicated a challenge; today the idiom nearly always refers to political candidacy. [c. 1900]

throw oneself into

throw oneself into
Enter or engage in a project with enthusiasm, as in Nora threw herself into making the invitations. This idiom uses throw in the sense of “fling impetuously,” a usage dating from about 1200.

throw (one)

To account one to be abundantly confused, perplexed, or disconcerted; to addle or addle one. It absolutely threw us back Olivia appear she was abrogation the company. His abrasive acknowledgment threw me, as it seemed to appear out of nowhere.Learn more: throw

throw someone

Fig. to abash someone. You threw me for a minute back you asked for my identification. I anticipation you accustomed me. The catechism the abecedary asked was so adamantine that it threw me, and I became actual nervous.

throw someone

Cause addition to be abashed or perplexed, abash someone, as in We didn't let our worries bandy us, or That abortive analysis threw her. [Colloquial; mid-1800s] Also see knock for a loop. Learn more: someone, throw

throw

1. n. a try; a time. Have addition bandy at it, why don’t you?
2. tv. to abash someone. The catechism absolutely threw me.

throw

/toss (one's) hat into the ring To access a political chase as a applicant for office.

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throw one Idioma

throw one

throw one's weight around

throw one's name around

throw one's hands up in horror

throw one's hands up in despair

throw oneself on the mercy of the court

throw oneself at one's feet

throw oneself at

throw oneself at the mercy of the court

throw one to the wolves|throw|wolf|wolves

throw one's hat in the ring|hat|ring|throw|toss|to

throw one's weight around|throw|weight

throw oneself at someone's feet|feet|foot|throw

throw oneself at someone's head|fling oneself at s

throw one's hat in the ring

throw oneself into

throw (one)

throw someone

throw someone

throw

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