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  • 31out — 1 /aUt/ adverb, adjective (adv only after verb, adj not before noun) 1 NOT INSIDE STH from the inside of something: She opened the envelope and took the letter out. (+ of): The diary must have fallen out of her pocket. | Someone has torn the last …

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  • 32throw*/*/*/ — [θrəʊ] (past tense threw [θruː] ; past participle thrown [θrəʊn] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to make something leave your hand and move through the air, by moving your arm quickly Kids were throwing stones at the windows.[/ex] She threw the ball to the… …

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  • 33throw off — verb 1. get rid of (Freq. 2) he shed his image as a pushy boss shed your clothes • Syn: ↑shed, ↑cast, ↑cast off, ↑shake off, ↑throw, ↑ …

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  • 34out — /aʊt / (say owt) adverb 1. forth from, away from, or not in a place, position, state, etc.: out of order. 2. away from one s home, country, etc.: *Down by the store a camel train was just setting out loaded with the quarterly supplies of a… …

  • 35Throw out the baby with the bath water — is an idiomatic expression used to suggest an avoidable error in which something good is eliminated when trying to get rid of something bad,[1] or in other words, rejecting the essential along with the inessential.[2] A slightly different… …

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  • 36throw — [thrō] vt. threw, thrown, throwing [ME throwen, to twist, wring, hurl < OE thrawan, to throw, twist, akin to Ger drehen, to twist, turn < IE base * ter , to rub, rub with turning motion, bore > THRASH, THREAD, Gr teirein, L terere, to… …

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  • 37Out of the Blue (Delta Goodrem song) — Out of the Blue Single by Delta Goodrem from the album Mistaken Identity B si …

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  • 38throw a wobbly — (informal) To have a fit of hysterics or a tantrum, or behave otherwise unnervingly • • • Main Entry: ↑wobble * * * throw a wobbly phrase to react in a very angry way to something that someone says or does Mum threw a wobbly when I spilt my drink …

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  • 39throw out — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discharge, throw away, reject; see discard , oust . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. throw away, dispose of, dump, discard, scrap, cast off, dispense with, junk, jettison. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To let go or get …

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  • 40throw-in — noun (rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play • Topics: ↑rugby, ↑rugby football, ↑rugger • Hypernyms: ↑throw * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( …

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