THROW IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does throw in mean? 

• THROW IN (verb)
  The verb THROW IN has 3 senses:

1. add as an extra or as a gratuity

2. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

3. to insert between other elements

  Familiarity information: THROW IN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THROW IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add as an extra or as a gratuity

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "throw in" is one way to...):

add; bestow; bring; contribute; impart; lend (bestow a quality on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

chuck up the sponge; drop by the wayside; drop out; fall by the wayside; give up; quit; throw in; throw in the towel

Context example:

In the second round, the challenger gave up

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

To insert between other elements

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

come in; inject; interject; interpose; put in; throw in

Context example:

She interjected clever remarks

Hypernyms (to "throw in" is one way to...):

break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

Mr. Collins had a compliment, and an allusion to throw in here, which were kindly smiled on by the mother and daughter.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I am to remain neutral, to get near the window, to watch you, and at the signal to throw in this object, then to raise the cry of fire, and to wait you at the corner of the street.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

So Lina said, no, she would never repeat it to anyone, and then the cook said: Early tomorrow morning, when the forester is out hunting, I will heat the water, and when it is boiling in the kettle, I will throw in Fundevogel, and will boil him in it.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Give me Miss Spenlow's letters to throw in the fire; and although our future intercourse must, you are aware, be restricted to the Commons here, we will agree to make no further mention of the past.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

There was no want of likeness, she had been fortunate in the attitude, and as she meant to throw in a little improvement to the figure, to give a little more height, and considerably more elegance, she had great confidence of its being in every way a pretty drawing at last, and of its filling its destined place with credit to them both—a standing memorial of the beauty of one, the skill of the other, and the friendship of both; with as many other agreeable associations as Mr. Elton's very promising attachment was likely to add.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I dare say Mr. Bingley will be very glad to see you; and I will send a few lines by you to assure him of my hearty consent to his marrying whichever he chooses of the girls; though I must throw in a good word for my little Lizzy.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

My aunt, looking very like an immovable Chancellor of the Exchequer, would occasionally throw in an interruption or two, as Hear! or No! or Oh! when the text seemed to require it: which was always a signal to Mr. Dick (a perfect country gentleman) to follow lustily with the same cry.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)