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throw back
 
Adjective throw back has 1 sense
  1. atavistic, throwback - characteristic of an atavist
    Antonym: progressive (indirect, via regressive)
Noun throw back has 2 senses
  1. atavist, throwback - an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
    --1 is a kind of organism, being
  2. atavism, reversion, throwback - a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
    --2 is a kind of recurrence, return
Verb throw back has 1 sense
  1. throw back, toss back - throw back with a quick, light motion; "She tossed back her head"
    --1 is one way to flip, toss, sky, pitch
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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