throw back
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
- (transitive) To hinder the development of something.
- (intransitive) To revert to an earlier stage of development.
- The Century
- A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back to their Darwinian ancestry.
- The Century
- To retort.
- 2011, Delores Haltom, The Stonecutter: How the Word Became Flesh (page 120)
- She jumped to her feet and began stalking away. “Going to cost me fifteen dollars to clean this outfit,” she threw back over her shoulder.
- 2011, Delores Haltom, The Stonecutter: How the Word Became Flesh (page 120)
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see throw, back
- I threw back my head and laughed uproariously.
- We caught several fish in the river but threw them back.
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