throw off

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throw off something

to quickly remove something. The boys threw off their clothes and jumped into the lake. Dad threw the cover off and there was a beautiful new bike — just for me!

Opposite of: throw on something

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To throw off this burden as quickly as possible, on the third day after his arrival he went, angry and scowling and without answering questions as to where he was going, to Mitenka's lodge and demanded an account of everything. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context All the strength that was in him he was using to throw off the insidious poison of her parting speech, and it became plainer to him with each succeeding moment that he would have need of strength. Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context "If I could free my hands," he thought, "I might throw off the noose and spring into the stream. An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce, Ambrose View in context More results

References in classic literature

To throw off this burden as quickly as possible, on the third day after his arrival he went, angry and scowling and without answering questions as to where he was going, to Mitenka's lodge and demanded an account of everything.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

All the strength that was in him he was using to throw off the insidious poison of her parting speech, and it became plainer to him with each succeeding moment that he would have need of strength.

Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context

"If I could free my hands," he thought, "I might throw off the noose and spring into the stream.

An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

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