throw back

See also:throwback

English

throw back (third-person singular simple presentthrows back,present participlethrowing back,simple pastthrew back,past participlethrown back)

(transitive) Tohinder thedevelopment of something.
(intransitive) Torevert to anearlierstage of development.
- The Century
  A large proportion of the steerage passengersthrow back to their Darwinian ancestry.
(transitive) Toretort.
- 2011, Delores Haltom,The Stonecutter: How the Word Became Flesh, page120:
  She jumped to her feet and began stalking away. “Going to cost me fifteen dollars to clean this outfit,” shethrew back over her shoulder.
(transitive) Todrinkquickly, especiallyalcoholicbeverages.
Synonym:toss off(dated)
Wethrew back drinks until the next morning.
- 2021 July 8, James Patterson, Adam Hamdy,Private Rogue: (Private 16), Random House,→ISBN:
  “He and I used tothrow back beers every now and then when I was with the Bureau.” Shaw grinned arrogantly.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seethrow,‎back.
Ithrew back my head and laughed uproariously.
We caught several fish in the river butthrew themback.
- 2017, Andrew Massie,In the Shadows of My Mind, page197:
  We all raised our glasses,threw themback. I was getting better, but I still felt the alcohol harder than Stephen ever had.