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Meanings of
fling
in English
Portuguese
tentativa
Spanish
conato
Back to the meaning
A usually brief attempt.
go
offer
pass
crack
whirl
Portuguese
tentativa
Portuguese
jogar fora
Catalan
apartar
Spanish
arrojar
Back to the meaning
Throw or cast away.
toss
dispose
discard
cast out
throw away
cast away
put away
toss out
toss away
chuck out
Portuguese
jogar fora
Synonyms
Examples for "
toss
"
toss
dispose
discard
cast out
throw away
Examples for "
toss
"
1
Yet mortals
toss
them left and right as though they were toys.
2
That led Judge Walker to
toss
the case against AT&T and others.
3
Drain them,
toss
in a splash of olive oil and set aside.
4
Add the reserved pineapple;
toss
and stir to heat, about 1 minute.
5
But I didn't want to
toss
and turn, in case she could.
1
The workers must control industry and
dispose
of the products of industry.
2
Little notes saying, 'Please make sure you
dispose
of tea leaves properly.
3
The first business of the judges was to
dispose
of the prisoner.
4
A great difficulty now presented itself; how to
dispose
of the Count.
5
The next thing was to
dispose
of the bull for the night.
1
This worked for him in the past; I doubt he'll
discard
it.
2
You can always
discard
an image if it does not feel right.
3
It is at this point that they are prepared to
discard
everything.
4
The principal function of the mind is to cherish and
discard
impressions.
5
But I will not
discard
them in the mere rage of experiment.
1
I am
cast
out
irrevocably; there is no appeal against the decision.
2
That he would be
cast
out
in disgrace from the Jedi Order.
3
And Jesus preached in the synagogues throughout Galilee, and
cast
out
devils.
4
So was it
cast
out
late in the day when deadlines loomed?
5
He had
cast
out
his heart for the rooks and the daws.
1
In Europe we
throw
away
100 million tonnes of food every year.
2
They scream for mercy; they
throw
away
their guns; they are panic-stricken.
3
The emergency was too urgent to
throw
away
the time in words.
4
They will only
throw
away
their fire in the dark without it.
5
I'll lock the skeleton in its cupboard and
throw
away
the key.
1
Having
cast
away
the stone, she feels a new sense of lightness.
2
I do not counsel you to
cast
away
your friends or family.
3
Pírán replied, that he had
cast
away
the child in the wilderness.
4
Willoughby stripped to enter the ring with Horace: he
cast
away
disguise.
5
The Carpathian contemptuously
cast
away
the knife and held out his hands.
1
She asked me to
put
away
the game; she had some news.
2
Keep it always on hand;
put
away
in glass jars covered closely.
3
I want the resolution filed and
put
away
in the city archives.
4
Cool, and
put
away
in the pots in which they were baked.
5
She has
put
away
several pizzas so far, and still wants more.
1
He scrambled to use his cupped hands to
toss
out
the water.
2
We'll throw our rifles into the open and
toss
out
our revolvers.
3
The government asked the judge to
toss
out
Z Street's lawsuit.
4
Last December, the now Republican dominated FCC voted to
toss
out
those rules.
5
As long as I
toss
out
at least five bags first.
1
How could Edward so easily
toss
away
everything Kesseley had ever wanted?
2
I
toss
away
the sprig of willowgrass I've been chewing on.
3
How many did the Luminary use and
toss
away
?
4
You do not
toss
away
a tool such as this because of a doctor's bill.
5
You don't merely
toss
away
ideas without consideration.
1
Ought we to also
chuck
out
our Sinatra records, given his Mafia links?
2
But it was my passenger-theman you want to
chuck
out
-
who
made
it possible.
3
To
chuck
out
all of that is to reduce his art to a brainless freak-show.
4
Ye can't get any
chuck
out
of this outfit.
5
Which you go and
chuck
out
of the window in the name of liberty, Mr. Savage.
1
Mauricio Pochettino's side have long since
cast
aside
dreams of finishing second.
2
It would not be
cast
aside
,
a fragment of her lost past.
3
The squirrel-skin robe was agitated and
cast
aside
by a brown arm.
4
The Orcs reeled and screamed and
cast
aside
both sword and spear.
5
By a movement of the legs, those soiled shreds are
cast
aside
.
1
From the site: Each day, Americans
throw
out
60 million plastic bottles.
2
The group has already petitioned the court to
throw
out
the case.
3
I want to
throw
out
this idea and open up some discussion.
4
I had to
throw
out
a lot of good stuff last year.
5
But to
throw
out
suggestions in this way is an easy task.
Spanish
cana al aire
Back to the meaning
A brief indulgence of your impulses.
spree
Spanish
cana al aire
Spanish
hacerse un cariñito
Back to the meaning
Indulge oneself.
splurge
Spanish
hacerse un cariñito
Usage of
fling
in English
1
They
fling
themselves on poles; stand on their heads; and downward vanish.
2
Morse also took an early
fling
at the family business of inventing.
3
For some reason, he's unable to apply his fierce
fling
-
the
-
grips
-
at
-
the
-
ground
style outside.
4
I will go; if I
fling
myself into the sea half way.
5
The Vaterland did not even
fling
a bomb; she watched and ruled.
6
The daughter was gone in a
fling
of graceful lines and flounces.
7
Would she and Dodi have simply proved to be a summer
fling
?
8
Cyrus has dated women, including her
fling
with Kaitlynn Carter last year.
9
And having that first
fling
with Drew was the best idea ever.
10
The rudeness of the
fling
burnt my face, but I answered civilly:
11
We must
fling
our doors and skies open to the world's tourists.
12
Chiellini has the chance to
fling
one last ball into the area.
13
She would later told the Guardian, They can
fling
all they want.
14
His first act was to
fling
the cupboard-key out into the bushes.
15
Keimer spoke in a vein of pleasantry rather than as a
fling
.
16
He wanted to
fling
it all on the floor and walk out.
Other examples for "fling"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
fling
Noun
Singular
fly
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
last fling
little fling
have a fling
fling back
brief fling
More collocations
Translations for
fling
Portuguese
tentativa
jogar fora
descartar
aventar
Spanish
conato
pase
prueba
disposición
vuelta
tentativa
arrojar
expulsar
echar
descartar
olvidar
tirar
deshacerse
desechar
cana al aire
aventura amorosa
hacerse un cariñito
parrandear
Catalan
apartar
expulsar
expel·lir
descartar
llençar
gitar
Fling
through the time
Fling
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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