throw off on
throw off on · throws off on · threw off on · thrown off on · throwing off on
To tease or ridicule; to reject verbally; to scoldTo tease or ridicule (someone); to reject (someone) verbally; to scold (someone).
Meaning
1 senses(archaic, dialectal)To tease or ridicule (someone); to reject (someone) verbally; to scold (someone).
Forms
throws off on, throwing off on, threw off on, thrown off onirregular · Lesson
| Base form | throw off on · to throw off on |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | throws off on |
| Present participle | throwing off on |
| Past simple | threw off on |
| Past participle | thrown off on |
Tenses
throw off on · threw off on · will throw off on · have thrown off onPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
Phrasal verbs
15 phrasal verbs- throw awayвикидати, викинутивыбрасывать, выкидыватьwegwerfenechar, desecharjeter, rejeterbuttare viawyrzucić, wyrzucaćatmakdeitar fora, jogar foraTo discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
- throw outrauswerfenTo dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.tirar, botarmettre dehorsTo dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.buttare via, scartareTo discard; to dispense with something; to throw away.
- throw upinformalTo vomit.
- throw ininformalTo add something extra free of charge.
- throw onnarzucać, narzucićTo hastily put on (clothes).
- throw offlibrarse de, deshacerse deTo confuse; especially, to lose a pursuer.
- throw backTo hinder the development of something.
- throw downupuszczać, upuścićTo cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.
More 7
- throw overTo discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.).
- throw asideSynonym of discard.
- throw byThrow aside; discard
- throw up toTo remind someone of a blunder; to insult someone regarding a fault or failure; to throw something in someone's face.
- throw in withTo commit to something with; to partner with.
- throw aboutobsoleteTo change direction; to change from one tack to another.
- throw off onarchaicTo tease or ridicule (someone); to reject (someone) verbally; to scold (someone).
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.