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throw about

verb

Definitions

  1. To change direction

    To change direction; to change from one tack to another.

    • That now vnto despaire I gin to growe, And meane for better winde about to throwe.
    • when they were got about two miles a-head, they threw about, and stood for us again

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, about.

    • When the ship entered the violent storm, all the passengers were thrown about.

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