throw a/the fight
To lose a match in a combat sport, especially boxing, intentionally. Usually done in order to take advantage of the bets placed on one's odds of winning. I don't care how much money you're offering—I've never thrown a fight in my whole life, and I'm not about to start now! Judging by how easily she got knocked down, a lot of people are speculating that she threw last night's fight. If you don't throw the fight in the third round, the mob will make sure you're wearing a pair of concrete shoes at the bottom of the Hudson!
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throw a fight
Fig. to lose a boxing match on purpose. (Boxing. Other words can replace a.) I just know that Wilbur didn't throw that fight. The guy would never throw a fight.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
throw a fight
tv. to lose a boxing match on purpose. (Boxing. Other words can replace a.) I just know that Wilbur didn’t throw that fight.
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