throw off a blanket
Frequency: 6.37.8 per million words
To remove a blanket quickly.
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Examples (10)
- He gets too hot at night and often throws off his blanket.
- She threw off the blanket and sat up, breathing heavily after the nightmare.
- If I get too warm, I'll just throw off the blanket.
- The baby is fussing and throwing off his blanket again.
- Quick, throw off that blanket and get out of bed! The alarm didn't go off!
- He was throwing off the heavy wool blanket just as the sun rose.
- In his restless sleep, he managed to throw off all the blankets.
- With renewed determination, she threw off the blanket and decided to face the day.
- Throwing off the blanket was his first instinctive reaction to the loud noise.
- The patient, feeling suddenly feverish, tried to throw off his blanket.