throw something together

throw something together
throw (something) together to create something quickly without preparation.

We came home late and I just threw something together for us to eat.

It was one of those low-cost movies that studios often throw together.


New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • throw something together — Go to knock something together …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • throw something together — make or produce something hastily, without careful planning or arrangement the meal was quickly thrown together at news of Rose s arrival * * * ˌthrow sthtoˈgether derived to make or produce sth in a hurry • I threw together a quick meal.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • throw something together — make something hastily or without careful planning. → throw …   English new terms dictionary

  • knock something together — AND throw something together tv. to assemble something such as a meal at the last moment. □ I’ll see if I can throw something together. CD I knocked together a vegetable dish at the last minute …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • throw together — throw (something) together to create something quickly without preparation. We came home late and I just threw something together for us to eat. It was one of those low cost movies that studios often throw together …   New idioms dictionary

  • cobble something together — PREPARE ROUGHLY/HASTILY, make roughly/hastily, throw together; improvise, contrive, rig (up), whip up; informal rustle up; Brit. informal knock up. → cobble * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • throw — throw1 W1S1 [θrəu US θrou] v past tense threw [θru:] past participle thrown [θrəun US θroun] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(throw a ball/stone etc)¦ 2¦(put something carelessly)¦ 3¦(push roughly/violently)¦ 4¦(make somebody fall)¦ 5¦(move hands/head etc)¦ 6¦(confuse …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • throw — 1 verb past threw past participle thrown 1 THROW A BALL/STONE ETC (I, T) to make an object such as a ball move quickly through the air by moving your hand quickly: throw sth at/to/towards etc: Someone threw a stone at the car. | Cromartie throws… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • throw together — verb 1. produce shoddily, without much attention to detail • Syn: ↑fudge together • Hypernyms: ↑produce, ↑make, ↑create • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2 …   Useful english dictionary

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