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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

send for a toss en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To use or invest on the off chance.
    • She was overpowering, stronger than me, not physically but in every other respect and I think that is what drew me close to her in the first place when each piece of my imagination was sent for a toss. 2014, Sharad Singh, Love Stuck Dumb Struck:
    • He is going to Rennes and was sent for a toss, bred down from Kirkpatrick stock. 1986, British Homing World - Volume 59, page 10:
    • The Notes of Chaos, Were sent for a Toss, By the Music of Blessed Violence, And Dharma finally granted the World, The Golden Gift of Silence! 2016, Kaushik, “The Soprano”, in The Essence of Nonsense: A Comedy of Satire:

Forms

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sending for a toss Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sent for a toss Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sent for a toss Tense=Past lexicographic
sends for a toss Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic