thrown over
Dumped without warning
Thrown over means abandoned or rejected, typically in a romantic context.
To be thrown over is to be cast aside for someone or something else: She was thrown over for a younger woman.
The phrase suggests sudden, callous rejection rather than a gradual parting.
To throw someone over is to end a relationship abruptly: He threw her over when he got the promotion.
- tossedThrew lightly
- droppedLet fall downward
- hurledThrew with force
- desertedLeft behind, uninhabited
- dumpedAbruptly ended romantically
forsaken · jilted · given the boot · cast aside · pushed aside · flung · spurned · capsized · cast · pitched · tossed out · relinquished · betrayed · upended · disavowed · cast away · abandoned · left in the lurch