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throw in one's lot with en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Synonym of cast in one's lot with.
    • In many Latin American towns, the Black Vulture is urbicolous, throwing in its lot with humans, taking advantage of slaughterhouses, garbage dumps, and fishing docks. 2007, Amadeo M. Rea, Wings in the Desert: A Folk Ornithology of the Northern Pimans, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 101:
    • It is unfortunate that some feminists have again thrown in their lot with the puritans and busybodies. The recent activity in Minneapolis around the proposed anti-porn law has made people choose between freedom and censorship, with many supposed progressives opting for the censors. 1984 February 4, Joe Peacott, “Self-Reliance, Not Censorship”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 7:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
throws in one's lot with Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
thrown in one's lot with Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
throwing in one's lot with Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
threw in one's lot with Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

cast in one's lot with