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throw over
verb as in abandon, leave
Example Sentences
Surely you are not going to throw over all allegiance to your husband on that account, even granting he was to blame.
Seen a woman sweepin' up her husband's tobacco ashes 'n' carryin' 'em out to throw over the wall.
The use of the average couch cover as a throw-over leaves a large corner which drags upon the floor.
Erhardt, remarking on the furs which the heroes throw over their shoulders when aroused, says that this kind of wrap is very late.
Then a shawl, of flannel or any other warm material, is to be provided, to throw over the shoulders if the weather be cold.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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