10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THROW ONESELF AT»
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throw oneself at and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
I told myself, if she hadn't thrown herself away on such a cheap sort of fellow.
throw oneself on someone (also: throw oneself at someone) I. attack a person:
Mulder couldn't bear the humiliation and he kicked out at Fido, throwing himself
on ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
4. Perform in a quick, spontaneous, or casual manner, as in He threw off one
sketch after another. [Mid-1700s] throw off balance ➧ See off balance. throw off
the track ➧ See off the track. throw oneself at Also, throw oneself at someone's
head.
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A Portuguese-English Dictionary
reben- tos, to burgeon. se aos p4s de, to throw oneself at the feet of. — se de
cabe;a em, to throw oneself headlong into. se nos braces de, to throw oneself in
the arms of. — suspeitas s6bre, to cast suspicion on. — uma sombra s.'ibre. to
cast a ...
James Lumpkin Taylor, Priscilla Clark Martin, 1970
to throw oneself at ; SAtfff (I'm well aware that Renee throws herself a/mm. smam
□ *i6ftiftftit*s * to throw oneself into ft I ft^Jft (KJSIft) (It's said that retired official still
throws himself into various social activities. mmmm^.-n^.mE^.mm : to throw ...
Throw one's weight about Be domineering or conceited; try to bully people The
attempts by the local bully to throw his weight about did not succeed when the
new superintendent of police took charge. Throw oneself at (a) Rush violently at (
b) ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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The Typology of Reflexives
throw oneself (at) 'rush violently (at)', throw oneself down 'lie down at full length' (
Hornby 1974: 918 — 919). This approach is also convenient for describing RVs
that change their syntactic properties, e. g. objective RVs as in (12): (12 a) He ...
1. coquet, vamp, tease, dally; entice, tantalize, lead on; look sweet at, make
googoo eyes at, Inf. play footsie, wink at, ogle, make a play for, throw oneself at [
s.o.j , cast sheep's eyes at, make calf eyes at; play at love, pretend love ...
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
phrases prostrate oneself he prostrated himself on the altar mat: throw oneself flat
/down, lie down, stretch oneself out; throw oneself (at someone's feet). prostration
noun prostration from the heat: collapse, weakness, debility, lassitude, ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... to perplex or disconcert; throw on to put on hastily; throw oneself at to make a
determined and obvious attempt to captivate; throw oneself Into to engage
heartily in; throw oneself on or upon to attack, assault; to entrust oneself to the
power of; ...
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The Pocket Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus
4 emit. throw oneself at seek blatantly as a spouse or sexual partner, throw
oneself into engage vigorously in. throw out 1 put out forcibly or suddenly. 2
discard as unwanted. throw over desert or abandon, throw stones cast
aspersions, throw ...
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