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How to spell throw
What it means: To send something through the air using your hand.
In a sentence: I can throw the ball to my friend.
The part people get wrong
Often misspelled as thow or throwe.
Same family: throws, threw, thrown, throwing, throwaway. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: Throw comes from Old English “þrawan,” meaning to twist or turn, which is related to the idea of twisting your body or arm to send something through the air. Over time, English speakers also began to use it in many idioms, like “throw a party” and “throw someone off.”
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