throw sb over
old-fashioned informal— phrasal verb with throw uk/θrəʊ/us/θroʊ/verb threw, thrown
to finish a relationship with someone and start one with another person:
She threw him over for a richer man.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Relationships: ending & divorce
- a parting of the ways idiom
- affiliation order
- annul
- break up
- break-up
- child support
- give sb the elbow idiom
- give sb the heave-ho idiom
- give sb the push idiom
- go off with sb
- grow
- grow apart
- push
- split
- split up
- split up
- throw
- tug of love
- visitation
- walk
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