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Throw about

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To change direction; to change from one tack to another. obsolete

    "That now vnto despaire I gin to growe, And meane for better winde about to throwe."

  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, about.

    "When the ship entered the violent storm, all the passengers were thrown about."

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