单词 | to throw in one's lot with |
释义 | > as lemmasto cast (also throw) in one's lot with b. to cast (also throw) in one's lot with and variants: to associate with and share the fortunes of.Originally in Proverbs i. 14 (see quots. a1382, 1535), where the expression has a literal sense, with reference to partition of plunder. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [phrase] to run with ——c1350 to cast (also throw) in one's lot with1535 to cast in one's lot among or with1535 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. i. 14 Lot ley with vs [L. sortem mitte nobiscum], o bagge of monee be of vs alle. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 2891 Whyl I leyd wyth hym my lott ȝe seyn whou fayre he me behott. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. i. A Cast in thy lott amonge us, we shal haue all one purse. 1612 T. Sorocold Supplic. Saints (ed. 3) ii. 244 Keepe mee from lewde company, that I cast not in my lotte with them, to be partaker of their wickednes. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 6 I intend to go along with this good man, and to cast in my lot with him. View more context for this quotation 1769 J. Wesley Let. 5 Nov. (1931) V. 153 But if you are willing to cast in your lot with us, [etc.]. 1796 Protestant Dissenter's Mag. Feb. 70 They could not conform to the establishment, and so cast in their lot with us. 1834 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) III. 39 She [sc. England] must abide the chances with those with whom she hast cast in her lot. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 691 We..find East-Anglia heartily throwing in its lot with Wessex. 1919 V. Woolf Night & Day (1920) xx. 265 All this had never struck her so clearly as it did this afternoon, when she felt that her lot was cast with them for ever. 1984 B. Breytenbach Mouroir 144 It is his intention to..throw in his lot with the guerilla movement. 2013 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 27 May 44 As the rest of the world's equity markets crumbled, local investors cast in their lot with domestic-focused companies. to throw in one's lot (also fortune, interest) with (a) transitive. to throw in one's lot (also fortune, interest) with: to associate with and side with. Occasionally also without with. Cf. lot n. Phrases 2b. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] > admit or enter into association fellowship?c1425 to throw in one's lot (also fortune, interest) with1690 1690 C. Codrington Let. 18 Feb. in Cal. State Papers: Amer. & W. Indies 1689–92 (1901) 235 The French, with whom the Irish nation have now thrown in their lot. 1750 M. Towgood Church-power 42 If you will not throw in your Lot, and share with them in those Honours; you must e'en take your own Way. 1792 Appeal to People 36 The United Irishmen invite their countrymen..to throw in their lot, and to share with them in the honors of christian benevolence. 1833 Amer. Monthly Mag. July 302 Lafayette..flew to Paris, and instantly threw in his lot with the insurgent patriots. 1889 A. V. Carr Margaret Maliphant III. xxx. 27 On which side do you suppose he would throw in his interest? 1956 Manch. Guardian 17 Mar. 6/2 The Arab intelligentsia, out of resentment at the West, will throw in its fortune with Russia. 2000 N. Henderson Old Friends & Mod. Instances (2001) xv. 160 He had been wrong to throw in his lot so entirely with the Jews and to treat the Arabs with contempt. < as lemmas |
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