throw over

See also: throwover

English

Verb

throw over (third-person singular simple present throws over, present participle throwing over, simple past threw over, past participle thrown over)

1. (transitive) To discard or give up (a plan or project, etc.). [from 19th c.]
   • 1909, Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society:

     I failed to strike anything of any benefit at all, and I became entirely disgusted and threw the whole thing over.

2. (transitive) To break off relations with (a friend, romantic partner etc.). [from 19th c.]
   • 1901, H G Wells, Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland:

     The girl he was engaged to at Clapton Hill tried to get it out of him, and threw him over partly because he refused, and partly because, as she said, he fairly gave her the "'ump."

Synonyms

• (discard): abandon, give up
• (end relationship): break up with, dump

Anagrams

• overthrow