throw back
See also: throwback
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɹəʊ bæk/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈθɹoʊ bæk/
- Hyphenation: throw back
Verb
- (transitive) to throw something back (such as a fish that has been caught for sport)
- (transitive) to hinder the development of something
- (intransitive) to revert to an earlier stage of development
- The Century
- A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back to their Darwinian ancestry.
- The Century
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