"throw to the winds" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: throws to the winds [present, singular, third-person], throwing to the winds [participle, present], threw to the winds [past], thrown to the winds [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> to the winds}} throw to the winds (third-person singular simple present throws to the winds, present participle throwing to the winds, simple past threw to the winds, past participle thrown to the winds)
  1. Alternative form of throw to the wind Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: throw to the wind
    Sense id: en-throw_to_the_winds-en-verb-vECVCLRX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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