throw back

1. (transitive)To hinder the development of something.

2. (intransitive)To revert to an earlier stage of development.

   The Century A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back to their Darwinian ancestry.

3. (transitive)To retort.

4. (transitive)To drink quickly, especially alcoholic beverages.

   We threw back drinks until the next morning.

5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, back.

   I threw back my head and laughed uproariously.

   We caught several fish in the river but threw them back.

   throw back with a quick, light motion

1. Throw the ball back to me.

   Кинь мені м'яч назад.

   ruБрось мяч мне назад.

   deWirf mir den Ball zurück!

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2. Tom threw the ball back to Mary.

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3. He asked me to throw the ball back.

   deEr bat mich, den Ball zurück zu werfen.

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4. I asked the boy to throw the ball back.

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5. Tom and Mary threw the ball back and forth.

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• throw upрвати, блюватиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, up.
• throw offупустити, упускатиTo confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
• throw outвміти, умітиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, out.
• throw inздаватися, кидатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, in.
• throw overздаватися, кидатиTo discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
• throw awayвикинути, викидатиTo discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
• throw asideвідмовлятися, відкидатиSynonym of discard.
• throw onTo hastily put on (clothes).