toss someone or something back

toss someone or something back
toss someone or something back
1. to throw or force someone or something backward. •

The blast tossed me back into the room.

The blast tossed back the emergency personnel.

2. to throw someone or something back to where someone or something came from. •

My father always threatened to toss me back where I came from, the way a fish is returned to the water.

I will toss back all the undersize fish.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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