throw back in English

noun
1
a reversion to an earlier ancestral characteristic.
the eyes could be an ancestral throwback
noun
verb
  • toss back

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "throw back" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "throw back", or refer to the context using the word "throw back" in the English Dictionary.

1. You're a brigand, a throw-back to the Dark Ages.

2. 26 If they throw stones at you, don't throw back, use them to build your own foundation instead.

3. ● Each morning throw back your bedcovers for at least 20 minutes to air out your bed and allow body moisture to evaporate.

4. The rope binding on the neck of the bottle is a throw back to Abruzzian culture, where the old-country style rope is used to

5. 16 I have even read in a book of criminology that the tramp is an atavism , a throw-back to the nomadic stage of humanity.

6. Aarrgh! is not to be confused with AAUGH! often exclaimed by Charlie Brown and his gang when they throw back their heads in misery with their mouths wide open

7. Throw off the Bowlines definition in the English Cobuild dictionary for learners, throw off the Bowlines meaning explained, see also 'throw in',a throw',throw away',throw back', English vocabulary

8. Season 18 Episode 55 Show Highlight: Toya Bush-Harris from “Married to Medicine” gets a chance to throw back some shade at her “Married to Medicine” Castmates about all things money.