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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

toss around en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To offer for suggestion.
    • "We’ve also tossed around increasing the gate admission from $5 to $7 or $8, but we really want to avoid impacting the fairgoer, so we’re keeping admission at $5," Jensen said. 2009 August 6, Mark Olson, “County fair adapts to unfair economy”, in Chaska Herald:
  2. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To toss (throw) from one person to another..
    • We tossed around the football in the park.

Forms

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tosses around Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
tossed around Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tossed around Tense=Past lexicographic
tossing around Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic