"throw someone a bone" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: throws someone a bone [present, singular, third-person], throwing someone a bone [participle, present], threw someone a bone [past], thrown someone a bone [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> someone a bone}} throw someone a bone (third-person singular simple present throws someone a bone, present participle throwing someone a bone, simple past threw someone a bone, past participle thrown someone a bone)
  1. Alternative form of throw a bone to Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: throw a bone to
    Sense id: en-throw_someone_a_bone-en-verb-3iGsKB9k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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