hurl around

hurl around

1. Literally, to fling or throw something in a careless or irresponsible manner. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hurl" and "around." If you keep hurling your tablet around like that, you're going to break it. You know Dad, he breaks those cheap drugstore glasses in days because he just hurls them around. How did you teach your kids to be responsible with their belongings? My kids just hurl their things around without so much as a second thought!

2. By extension, to use something, typically words, in a careless or irresponsible manner. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hurl" and "around." Wow, I can't believe Becky just came into your office and started hurling around accusations like that. Let's not hurl around threats in front of the nice policeman, hmm? Management loves to hurl around the promise of a promotion without ever following through!

See also: around, hurl

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hurl something around

to throw something, such as words, around carelessly. Don't just go hurling foul words around like they didn't mean anything. You are just hurling around words!

See also: around, hurl

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.