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It can be used to describe an action that seems intended to result in something being thrown or cast away, often implying a metaphorical or figurative sense.
Example: "He gestured dramatically, as if to throw his doubts into the wind."
Alternatives: "as though to cast" or "as if to fling".
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Johnson pumped his arm, as if to throw.
The passer fades back with his upraised arm cocked behind his head, as if to throw.
I lifted my litigation bag as if to throw it and the creature ran behind the garage.
"We felt that he lifted his elbow as if to throw it at the defensive player," Bavetta said.
"JAPANESE prime ministers are just like tissue paper," says Yuriko Koike, a senior member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party LDPpluckingking a tissue from a box as if to throw it in the bin.
Harry, as if to throw in a last misdemeanor before his demise, sleeps with Nelson's wife Pru, his own daughter-in-law ("This is the worst thing you've ever done," Janice tells him).
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He blew hot air into his right hand as he walked, as if preparing to throw another pitch, but he was done for the night.
Homer stretches and warms up, as if about to throw, but instead he and his family suddenly rush into the house, leaving Cooder and Spud dumbfounded in the street.
Then his upper body pitched forward as if he wanted to throw himself against her.
He sounds as if he wants to throw the lectern through a wall.
But he acted as if he expected to throw no-hitters regularly.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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