throw+about
11throw your weight around — throw your weight about/around/informal phrase to use your authority to tell other people what to do in a rude and unpleasant way The boss came in, yelling and generally throwing his weight around. Thesaurus: to tell people what to dosynonym …
12throw down the gauntlet — see under ↑gauntlet1 • • • Main Entry: ↑throw * * * throw down the gauntlet phrase to make it clear that you want to argue or fight with someone about something Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguing …
13throw your money around — INFORMAL DISAPPROVING ► to spend a lot of money, especially in a way that shows people you are not worried about money: »Despite the biggest recession in over a decade, city professionals still seem to have plenty of money to throw around. Main… …
14throw\ a\ monkey\ wrench — • throw a monkey wrench • throw a wrench v. phr. informal To cause something that is going smoothly to stop. The game was going smoothly until you threw a monkey wrench into the works by fussing about the rules. The Michigan tacklers threw a… …
15throw\ a\ wrench — • throw a monkey wrench • throw a wrench v. phr. informal To cause something that is going smoothly to stop. The game was going smoothly until you threw a monkey wrench into the works by fussing about the rules. The Michigan tacklers threw a… …
16throw aside — ˌthrow a ˈside [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they throw aside he/she/it throws aside present participle throwing aside past tense threw aside …
17throw one's weight about (or around) — informal be unpleasantly self assertive. → weight …
18throw one's weight about — ► throw one s weight about (or around) informal be unpleasantly self assertive. Main Entry: ↑weight …
19throw your money about — throw your ˈmoney about/around idiom (informal) to spend money in a careless and obvious way Main entry: ↑moneyidiom …
20throw caution to the wind(s) — throw/cast/caution to the wind(s) phrase to stop being careful and do something that you know has risks Thesaurus: to take riskssynonym Main entry: caution * * * throw/cast caution to the ˈwind( …
