1. To throw together something, or throw something together, is to prepare or create it without much planning, and with whatever is available at the time.
Examples of use:
a) I haven't been shopping. I will have to throw something together for dinner.
b) They threw a meal together when they got home from work.
c) Maria's mum threw together a costume for the school play!
2. If people are thrown together they are brought together, or spend time together, in an unexpected way.
Examples of use:
a) Amy and Gillian were thrown together at a conference last year, and now they have started a business together!
b) The party was a nightmare. We were thrown together with people we didn't like.
c) The band on X Factor was thrown together at the last minute.
| infinitive |
throw together |
| present simple |
throw together and throws together |
| -ing form |
throwing together |
| past simple |
threw together |
| past participle |
thrown together |
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