to throw a party
318
1.8
- phrasal verb
:
organizar una fiesta
- My friends helped me throw a party for my graduation last year.
And the teenagers throw a party and other people crash it.
- And the teenagers throw a party and other people crash it.
- And I mean, you don't throw a surprise party around a Panther.
- What's it, What's it like throwing a party for the travelling community?
- So he said that he was going to throw a party, a dinner party for time travellers.
- Halloween is not Halloween, especially if you're going to throw a party without cobwebs.
- So he threw a party on a particular Saturday night.
- So big shout out to AT&T;, once again helping us throw a huge RTX party this year.
- And he says, I'm having a party, I'm throwing a party.
- Today I could take the money that I have and throw a giant party, buy a sports car, buy a yacht.
- And the night before we go, I threw a victory party and my my chairman of my board was like, what?
- And if you're throwing a Bachelorette party or attending one this summer, let's let's all start putting up some boundaries.
- Blank people throw a birthday party for their dog.
- So when someone goes to school and throws a birthday party and not many people show up, you're unpopular.
Examples
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The Saudi Ambassador threw a major party last weekend for the congressional leadership.
Fiction book (1991) -
I loved my students there, who threw a huge going-away party for me in the Student Union.
Academic text (2014) -
But I, I said at the end of our four week journey, we'll throw a party, right?
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Good try, though... so you could throw a party for me?
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You should throw a party.
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Then I shall throw a party to celebrate.
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Hey, listen, tomorrow night my boss is throwing a party for that diamond account I was telling you about.
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Today I could take the money that I have and throw a giant party, buy a sports car, buy a yacht.
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So big shout out to AT&T, once again helping us throw a huge RTX party this year.
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We're going to throw a party next Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
Synonyms
462
3.8
To organize a party or small social event for people
1
5.3
Plan and lead a formal party to raise money or celebrate something
Antonyms
How Big
1
5.3
- Formal
1
4.5
167
3.3
318
1.8
- Informal
46
1.9
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'party' is transparent, but the verb 'throw' here has an extended, non-literal sense 'to organize/host' that is not directly derivable from the core meaning 'to toss'. A B1 learner who only knows the physical sense of 'throw' may not infer the MWE meaning, yet the collocation is common and motivated enough to give partial cues, so it is not fully opaque.
Etymology
The phrase throw a party may come from an older use of throw meaning 'to put together' or 'to set up', so imagine quickly bringing food, drinks and people into a room for a party. That's why throw a party means 'to organize and host a celebration'.