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      [Verb]  | "throw over" 


      1: to forsake despite bonds of attachment or duty

      2: to refuse to accept : reject


      Origin: 1835 ;

      [Verb]  | "throw over" 


      1: to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to;


        * e.g., " ... if the U.S. Senate throws over the treaty, the President's prestige will be in shambles "





       [ "throw a tent over that circus" ]

      1: Comment to be made when someone is observed swaying or dancing awkwardly and looking foolish.

        * e.g.,  ... Wow, look at that guy move. Someone should throw a tent over that circus. 

       [ "Throw your hat over the wall" ]

      1: When you throw your hat over the wall, you're committing to doing something. The phrase is derived from what you would do before you climb over a wall - you throw the hat over to the other side, so it doesn't fall off while you are climbing.

        * e.g.,  ... "throw your hat over the wall" example: 

       [ "Throw your hat over the wall" ]

      1: To trap oneself into producing a result or achieving something monumental by making the consequences of not doing so painful, as in throwing one's hat over a wall that appears too high to climb so that one must find a way to the other side else live hatless.

        * e.g.,  ... "If you really want to move to that town, quit waiting for perfect circumstances; throw your hat over the wall and put in your 30-days' notice on your apartment so you'll HAVE to find a place down there." 

       [ "throw my hat over the wall" ]

      1: throw my hat over the wall, to commit to doing something,

        * e.g.,  ... JFK said we will go to the moon in 10 years, even though no one had started the space programe at that time but he had the stones to throw his hat over the wall. JFK; lets go to the moon. lyndon b johnson, thats not posible JFK, screw it i'll throw my hat over the wall 


       [ "throw my hat over the wall" ]

      2: to say you will do something and then do it without hesitation.

       [ "Throwing Yarn All Over the Place" ]

      1: When someone comes into a meeting and makes a tangled mess of everything.

        * e.g.,  ... Matt: This meeting is a clusterfuck! Stop throwing yarn all over the place! 

       [ "Throwing one over the knuckles" ]

      1: When a male is masturbating and the jizz runs down over his knuckles after he has blown his load.

        * e.g.,  ... Mike needed half a box of Kleenex after throwing one over the knuckles. 

       [ "throw over the brick wall" ]

      1: Decide one's mind to complete or achieve something

        * e.g.,  ... "He has to throw over the brick wall to prove his ability." 

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