tossed up
Flung into air
Tossed up describes something decided by chance or remaining uncertain.
When a decision is tossed up, it could go either way: It's tossed up whether we'll make the deadline.
The phrase comes from flipping a coin—tossing it up to let fate decide.
- throwPropel by arm motion
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- indecisionFailure to decide
- up in the airUnresolved, awaiting determination
- left hangingAbandoned without resolution
hurl · unpredictability · disarray · randomness · heave · coin flip · flip a coin · threw up · confusion · cast · fluctuation · chance · upheaval · lob · launch · pitch · instability · propel
vertical direction of throwing
tossed upthrew down
Propelled forcefully earthward
thrown down · cast down · dropped · lowered · pushed down
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