| 单词 | to throw a fastball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto throw a (also one's) fastball b. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). to throw a (also one's) fastball: to assert one's mastery or authority over a person. Compare curveball n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > trickery, playing jokes > [noun] > a trick, prank, hoax pratOE mowa1393 pageant?c1430 jimp?1572 prank1576 jest1578 jig1592 frump1593 trick1605 bilk1664 fun1699 plisky1706 humbug1750 hum1751 practical joke1751 marlock1763 quiz1795 practical joke1804 skite1804 hoax1808 skit1815 wrinkle1817 rusty1835 funny business1838 string1851 stringer1851 cod1862 mank1865 spoof1889 leg-pull1893 rannygazoo1896 shenanigan1926 gotcha1967 to throw a fastball1968 wind-up1984 1968 Nashua (New Hampsh.) Tel. 25 June 4/2 He would sometimes conclude discussions by telling anti-Gaullists around him that if the general ‘threw his fast ball’ (a simile difficult to imagine) he (Johnson) would simply ‘step aside’. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxi. 233 Cully would be in the clear, he had not tried to throw a fastball by Gronevelt. 2020 MSNBC (transcript) (Nexis) 18 Feb. He kind of, you know, threw a fast ball up around the President's chin when he gave an ABC News interview recently and said the President's tweets were making it impossible to do his job. < as lemmas |
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