toss around

verb

To offer for suggestion.

“We tossed around the football in the park.”

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Meanings

verbtoss around (third-person singular simple present tosses around, present participle tossing around, simple past and past participle tossed around)

present singular third person tosses around · participle present tossing around · participle past tossed around · past tossed around

  1. transitiveTo offer for suggestion.

    "We’ve also tossed around increasing the gate admission from $5 to $7 or $8, but we really want to avoid impacting the fairgoer, so we’re keeping admission at $5," Jensen said.

    2009 August 6, Mark Olson, “County fair adapts to unfair economy”, in Chaska Herald
  2. transitiveUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: To toss (throw) from one person to another..

    We tossed around the football in the park.

Cite this entry
APA

toss around. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toss%20around

MLA

“toss around.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toss%20around. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toss around,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toss%20around.

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