"throw on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: throws on [present, singular, third-person], throwing on [participle, present], threw on [past], thrown on [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> on}} throw on (third-person singular simple present throws on, present participle throwing on, simple past threw on, past participle thrown on)
  1. (transitive) To hastily put on (clothes). Tags: transitive Translations (to hastily put on (clothes)): felkap (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-throw_on-en-verb-jR4RrDEf Disambiguation of 'to hastily put on (clothes)': 99 1
  2. To send or add desperately.
    Sense id: en-throw_on-en-verb-qyGfksTf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (on) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (on): 42 58

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for throw on meaning in English (1.8kB)

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