threw

Definition

  • past tense of 'throw'

Examples

  • ('American football') The quarterback 'threw' a touchdown/interception. [=threw a pass that resulted in a touchdown/interception]

  • She 'threw' all her efforts 'into' the boy's defense. [=she worked as hard as she could for the boy's defense]

  • She 'threw' everything she had 'into' winning the match. [=she tried as hard as she could to win the match]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) They just said that Antwan had given you a foot massage. - And? - And... and nothin'. That's it. You heard Marsellus threw Tony Rocky Horror... out of a four-story window for giving me a foot massage? - VINCENT: Mm-hmm. - And you believe that? Well, I mean... (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction
  • (..) - Mm-hmm. Then what did Marsellus do? Sent a couple of cats over to his place. They took him out on his patio, threw his ass over the balcony. Nigger fell four stories. They had a little garden down at the bottom... enclosed in glass, like a greenhouse. (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction