THROWING OVER Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

throwing over

verb

present participle of throw over

as in refusing

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to if the U.S. Senate throws over the treaty, the President's prestige will be in shambles

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Recent Examples of throwing over Next, a gentle tip-tap rippling through major East Coast cities, as the girls collectively add to cart whatever Holmes is toting or throwing over her shoulders. —

Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Apr. 2026 Pitchers are allowed two disengagements per plate appearance, either throwing over to first base or stepping off the rubber, or a combination of both. —

Abbey Mastracco, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026 The zone-heavy Chargers forced Hurts to beat them by throwing over the middle — a region Hurts attacks half as often as his peers — and Hurts was inconsistent. —

Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026

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Each time, Banchero was at the center of it, creating offense, absorbing contact and refusing to let the game slip entirely out of reach.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
His process of doing so involved disparaging his accusers, browbeating people and institutions that no longer wanted to be associated with him, and refusing to accept a path that precluded a return to being a public figure.

— Elizabeth Spiers, Vanity Fair, 29 Apr. 2026