began hurling bricks at the police. hurl sth into/out o//a cross etc He
picked up his chair and hurled it across the room.
flip a coin (also toss a coin briush) /.flip э
'loin, ,tos э 'bin||,to:s-/ to throw a coin up into the air and watch which side it falls on, so that you can make a decision about something: We couldn't decide which movie to go to, so in the end we just flipped a coin.
В to throw the ball in a game
hurl
flip
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see also sport
pass pa:s||p<es' [u I/T) to throw the ball to
bowl
another player in your team, in a game in which the ball is moved by hand + to Johnson passes to White, White passes to Eliot, and Eliot scores! pass the ball to sb The quarterback passed the ball to O/son, who ran in for a touchdown.
pitch /pit/.-- [a l/T] to throw the ball when you are playing baseball so that someone from the other team can try to hit it with the bat: It was Corgan's turn to pitch. + to He pitched to 8 batters before leaving the game.
bowl /ЬЫ/ [и 1Л1 to
throw the ball when you are playing cricket so that someone from the other team can try to hit it with the bat + to Cork is bowling to Waugh.
throw /Вгэо/ [и T] to throw a ball when you are playing a sport or game: He threw the ball as hard as he could, throw the bail to sb (=so that they can catch it) Cromartie catches the bail and throws it back to the pitcher. throwing - threw - have thrown
TIDY
neatly arranged, with everything in the right place
opposite untidy
see also clean
tidy place/room
pass
tidy /'taidi/ \adj\ a tidy place, room, desk etc looks nice because everything is neatly arranged and in the right place: Andrew's
apartment is always so tidy. I Try and keep your bedroom a bit tidier. clean and tidy We spent the morning getting the whole house clean and tidy. tidy - tidier - tidiest
tidily [adv] She put her things away tidily in the closet.
neat /ni:t [adj] carefully arranged or carefully shaped in a way that is nice to look at, with straight lines and clear edges: He
put his clothes in a neat pile on the
bed. I Mrs Woodie cut the sandwiches in neat squares. I rows of white houses with neat little lawns neat and tidy Be sure to leave everything neat and tidy. neatly [adv] All the books were neatly arranged on the shelves.
immaculate Ymaekj^t/ [adj] extremely
clean and tidy: She keeps the house immaculate - everything's beautifully clean and tidy.
О to make a place tidy
tidy 'taidi, {и T] to make a room, desk, or drawer tidy: Tidy your bedroom and then you can go out. I I must tidy my desk
before I leave.
tidying - tidied - have tidied
tidy Up /,taidi лр,, [phrasal verb \/T) British to make a place tidy, by putting everything back in its right place and removing things that you no longer need: / haven't had time to tidy up yet. tidy up sth We have to tidy up the house
before my parents come to visit. tidy sth up The garden looked much better after we'd tidied it up.
straighten/straighten up streitn.
streitn лр [и T] especially american to make a place tidy by putting things in the right place or arranging them neatly: I spent half an hour straightening the living room. I Hogan straightened the pile of papers on his desk.
clean up /.kliin \p [phrasal verb I/T] especially american to make a place tidy and clean, by putting things away and removing dust or dirt
clean sth up/ctean up sth Sloan said he had to clean up the house before his in-laws arrived.
clear up /,к1|эг лр [phrasal verb I/T] british to get rid of all the things that are making a place dirty or untidy: Who's going to clear up after the party? clear up sth/clear sth up Clear up the
mess you left in the kitchen! I It'll take
ages to clear this up. clear up after sb (=tidy a place after someone else has made it untidy) I spend my life clearing up after the children.
Q tidy person
tidy taidi [adj] especially british someone who is tidy always likes to keep things neat and in their right place: Neither she nor Nick were particularly tidy at home. 1 a tidy man who hated messy people
tidy - tidier - tidiest
neat ni:t [adj] american someone who is
neat always likes to keep things in their right place: Tve never been very neat but my husband is just the opposite.
immaculate imaekj^r [adj] looking
perfectly neat and clean, because you take a lot of care about your clothes, your hair etc: Emma always looks immaculate. I James was wearing an immaculate white shirt.
EJ tidy work/writing
neat ni:t, [adj] work or writing that is neat has been done very carefully: Gina has very small neat handwriting.
TIE/UNTIE
^ see also fasten
U to fasten things together, using rope, string etc
tie tai [и T] to join one thing to another using rope, string, wire etc tie sth to/around/onto sth Don't forget to tie this label onto your suitcase. I The washing line was tied to a tree. Saul tied one end of the rope around a large rock and lowered himself over the cliff. tie a package/parcel (=keep it closed by putting string or rope around it)
tying - tied - have tied
to prevent someone escaping by tying rope around them
tie Up tai 'лр/ [phrasal verb T) to tie
someone's arms and legs with rope so that they cannot move tie sb up The soldiers tied them up and beat them.