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},
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"To make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice."
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"(intransitive) To make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice."
],
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"_dis1": "85 0 2 1 0 4 2 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gū zhù yì zhí",
"sense": "to make a decision based on chance",
"word": "孤注一掷"
},
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"_dis1": "85 0 2 1 0 4 2 6",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a decision based on chance",
"word": "tirare a sorte"
}
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"glosses": [
"To throw something upwards."
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"(intransitive) To throw something upwards."
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"To produce, generate."
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"(transitive) To produce, generate."
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"name": "Internet",
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"ref": "2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times",
"text": "Restless in quarantine, she began posting videos on Instagram, one of which got picked up by Barstool, the popular sports blog. […] Then she tossed up a few on TikTok, notably one in which she faux-naively referred to Houston Street in New York, which is pronounced How-ston, as Hew-ston.",
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"To post or upload."
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"(transitive, Internet) To post or upload."
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"To cook something quickly."
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"(transitive) To cook something quickly."
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"transitive"
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"To casually mention as an idea."
],
"id": "en-toss_up-en-verb-~JdXY3LJ",
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"(transitive) To casually mention as an idea."
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"ref": "1997, Lee Hall, Athena: A Biography, page 15",
"text": "He began to vomit. Retching violently, he tossed up first the swaddled stone that he had eaten in the belief that it was Zeus, and then he vomited up Zeus's elder brothers and sisters […]",
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"To vomit."
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"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) To vomit."
],
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"text": "He got in a fight last night and got tossed up.",
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"To beat up, thrash."
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"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) To beat up, thrash."
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"To make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice."
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"(intransitive) To make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice."
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"To throw something upwards."
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"(intransitive) To throw something upwards."
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"To produce, generate."
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"(transitive) To produce, generate."
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"text": "Restless in quarantine, she began posting videos on Instagram, one of which got picked up by Barstool, the popular sports blog. […] Then she tossed up a few on TikTok, notably one in which she faux-naively referred to Houston Street in New York, which is pronounced How-ston, as Hew-ston.",
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"To post or upload."
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"post",
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"upload",
"upload"
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"(transitive, Internet) To post or upload."
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"To cook something quickly."
],
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"(transitive) To cook something quickly."
],
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},
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"To casually mention as an idea."
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"(transitive) To casually mention as an idea."
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"text": "He began to vomit. Retching violently, he tossed up first the swaddled stone that he had eaten in the belief that it was Zeus, and then he vomited up Zeus's elder brothers and sisters […]",
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"To vomit."
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"(slang) To vomit."
],
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"examples": [
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"text": "He got in a fight last night and got tossed up.",
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"glosses": [
"To beat up, thrash."
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"thrash",
"thrash"
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],
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"(slang) To beat up, thrash."
],
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gū zhù yì zhí",
"sense": "to make a decision based on chance",
"word": "孤注一掷"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a decision based on chance",
"word": "tirare a sorte"
}
],
"word": "toss up"
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