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Verb: throw in
  1. Add as an extra or as a gratuity
    "The car dealer threw in a set of floor mats with the purchase"
     
  2. To insert between other elements
    "She threw in clever remarks";
    - interject, come in, interpose, put in, inject
     
  3. 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]
Noun: throw-in  'throw,in
  1. (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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