throw in

Questions about throw in

What does throw in mean?

throw in means "add as an extra or as a gratuity". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for throw in?

Close synonyms include drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in the towel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is throw in a common word?

throw in is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.