Verb: throw in
- Add as an extra or as a gratuity
"The car dealer threw in a set of floor mats with the purchase"
- To insert between other elements
"She threw in clever remarks";
- interject, come in, interpose, put in, inject
- Stop trying or participating; admit defeat
"In the second round, the challenger threw in the towel";
- drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in the towel [informal], quit, chuck up the sponge [US, non-standard]
- (sports) the act of putting the ball back into play by throwing it in from the sideline
"The team gained possession through a quick throw-in"
Derived forms: throw-ins, thrown in, throws in, threw in, throwing in
Type of: add, bestow, break, break off, bring, cease, contribute, cut off, discontinue, disrupt, give up, impart, interrupt, lay off, lend, quit, stop, surcease [archaic], throw
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