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throw off |
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throw off something Opposite of: throw on somethingto 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! See also: throw |
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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. 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. "If I could free my hands," he thought, "I might throw off the noose and spring into the stream. |
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