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throw to the wind en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To discard or dispense with, especially in an abrupt or reckless manner.
    • Proud of their accomplishment, they recently threw secrecy to the wind, opened their basement display room to visitors. 1967 December 1, “Under the Haberdashery By the City Gate”, in Time:
    • There are men in the Bible whom God condemns for wasting their talent, for throwing it to the wind. 2002, Elizabeth Nunez, Discretion, →ISBN, page 274:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
throwing to the wind Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
threw to the wind Tense=Past lexicographic
thrown to the wind Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
throws to the wind Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
toss to the wind alternative lexicographic
throw to the winds alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

throw caution to the wind

Translations (5)

fi heittää vesilintua (Translations) · fr jeter au vent (Translations) · pl opuszczać (Translations) · de in den Wind schlagen (Translations) · pl opuścić (Translations)