toss around
Frequency: 6.55.0 per million words
Can be literal (throw around) or figurative (discuss an idea).
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Examples (10)
- It's an idea that gets tossed around from time to time.
- Let's toss some ideas around and see what we can develop.
- They spent the meeting tossing around various strategies for market entry.
- He just tossed around the possibility of resigning, surprising everyone.
- She tossed around restlessly all night with a high fever.
- His small boat was tossed around like a toy by the giant waves.
- Don't toss your dirty clothes around the floor; put them in the hamper.
- The messy roommate would often toss his empty snack wrappers around the apartment.
- The empty cardboard box was tossed around by the strong winds.
- Many complex theories were tossed around during the academic conference.