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throw about en · VERB
Meanings
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(obsolete) To change direction; to change from one tack to another.
That now vnto despaire I gin to growe,
And meane for better winde about to throwe.
1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:when they were got about two miles a-head, they threw about, and stood for us again
1805, The Naval Chronicle: Volume 14, July-December 1805:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, about.
When the ship entered the violent storm, all the passengers were thrown about.
Forms
Synonyms
go about · put about