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Discover LudwigThe phrase "throw about" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means to toss or fling something with force and in a careless manner. Example: The children were playing in the park, throwing a ball about and laughing loudly.
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throw about
verb
To cast about; to try expedients.
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Chamberlain is scheduled to throw about 55 pitches in relief on Wednesday...
The Mets wanted Martínez, 17 months removed from rotator cuff surgery, to throw about 75 pitches.
In a perfect world, Manager Jerry Manuel was hoping Nelson Figueroa would throw about 110 pitches Monday night.
And I bet major league pitchers today probably throw about as hard as the little balls that came out of those muskets.
I've already promised him the recipes for my mother's Nova Scotia molasses brown bread and my aunt's Pictou County oatcakes, which I don't throw about lightly.
The reports from Phil Hughes's 61-pitch outing Sunday for Class A Staten Island came back overwhelmingly positive, and he is set to throw about 75 pitches Friday for Class AA Trenton.
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"Crew members were thrown about and bruised".
He wound up throwing about two yards past it.
Pitchers took turns throwing about 30 pitches each to a rotating group of batters.
He needed only 59 pitches and threw about 20 more in the bullpen.
INSIDE PITCH Phil Hughes threw about 55 pitches, including a simulated inning, before Wednesday's game.
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