threw back
Returned with force
Threw back is the past tense of throw back, which means to return something by throwing it: He threw back the fish that was too small.
More commonly, it describes a sudden backward motion: She threw back her head and laughed.
To throw back a drink is to consume it quickly in one gulp: He threw back a shot of whiskey.
The phrase also appears in throwback, describing something reminiscent of an earlier time.
- reminiscedRecalled past experiences fondly
- gulpHasty, large swallow
- flungPast tense of hurl
- tossLight, casual throw
- hurledThrew with force
recalled · evoked · harked · heave · swig · reflected · revisited · regurgitated · invoked · conjured · remembered · reimagined · lobbed · rebuffed · chuck · dismissed · pitched · spit out