throw shade

Definitions

1. 1

   To subtly insult someone.

   • Wait, 1989 is actually really, really good. It feels genuine, and only slightly entitled, and mostly awesome. You like how it throws shade, but not too much shade.
2. 2

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

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

   • First we pick out an overhang which will throw shade most of this time, but at the same time will not cast too much shade during those hours which are not overheated.
   • A neighbor once asked me to remove a tree that threw shade onto his plot.

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