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throw (one)

To cause one to be greatly confused, perplexed, or disconcerted; to befuddle or bemuse one. It really threw us when Olivia announced she was leaving the company. His caustic response threw me, as it seemed to come out of nowhere.
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throw someone

Fig. to confuse someone. You threw me for a minute when you asked for my identification. I thought you recognized me. The question the teacher asked was so hard that it threw me, and I became very nervous.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

throw

1. n. a try; a time. Have another throw at it, why don’t you?
2. tv. to confuse someone. The question really threw me.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

throw

/toss (one's) hat into the ring
To enter a political race as a candidate for office.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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At every match it has been established the number of goals scored by different methods of throwing from a total number of throws at the goal.
An opponent is often between the thrower and the goal, which could influence the kinematics and the throwing velocity of the attacker.
While it is obvious that men rely on physical strength to pelt objects through the air, women have other things on their mind like why, where and who they are throwing to.
"I hope the crowd will see a good football match and not just two guys throwing the ball a long way.
Cycle time efficiency can be improved either by throwing more abrasive at the part, or by throwing the abrasive harder.
Despite the importance of the line-out in rugby union game play, biomechanical analyses of line-out throwing have been reported infrequently.
In the women's javelin, it was Kara Patterson of Vancouver, Wash., throwing 216-2, also a meet record and the second-best mark ever by an American, behind only Patterson's 218-8 that she threw a week ago at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Following are some checkpoints to guide you in your natural way of throwing:
Some of the older kids on the track team thought I might be good at the throwing events.
Recent studies analyzing the throwing movement in team-handball suggest that different throwing techniques result in different ball velocities (Fradet et al., 2004; Gorostiaga et al., 2005; Sibila et al., 2003; van den Tillaar and Ettema, 2004; 2007; Wagner and Muller, 2008; Wagner et al., 2010a).
Overhead throwing is used in soccer throw-in, in resistance training for throwing events and also in other sports training.
following the success of activities such as color runs, mud runs, escape rooms and ax throwing.
In team handball, throwing performance is determined by both velocity and accuracy (Wagner et al., 2008).
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