to toss together
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3.4
- phrasal verb
- Informal
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mezclar
- It's very metro-influenced, and the Hulu team even tossed together a demo video of the service (it's still not available yet in our Windows 8 Store).
- toss together in a bowl
- toss together a salad
- toss together tomatoes
Examples
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The result is that everything is ready to toss together for a quick meal, so I don't use the excuse of "I don't have 40 minutes to cook rice tonight" and so we eat out instead.
Blog text (6) -
Add the salt and pepper and toss them all together to mix well.
Blog text (19) -
As I explained on the site when I tossed it together,
Blog text (30) -
Directions: Toss ingredients together to taste.
Blog text (34) -
"When an old uncle died, and he was the last of that generation, it occurred to me then, when I looked over all his photographs and memorabilia that were tossed together, I suppose he, like most of us, had decided he would set everything in order, but he died before he set it in order."
Academic text (1998) -
Toss the mixture together with a spatula until it starts clumping together.
Blog text (19) -
One can't talk about anything, especially something as complicated as the human landscape, if one looks at it simply as a kind of goulash of miscellaneous objects, all tossed together in no special order.
Academic text (1998) -
I did some cooking a few years back for a local ranch during haying season, and the crew at the time were absolutely thrilled whenever I tossed together meals that didn't include beef.
Blog text (17) -
In a large bowl, toss together the tomatoes, red onion, chopped lettuce, and dressing.
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To assemble the salad, toss together the greens, tomatoes, jalapenos, bell pepper, cilantro, beans, and cheese.
Synonyms
416
1.0
To combine two or more things so they become one
152
1.0
To mix a liquid by moving it with a spoon
136
1.8
To lift and turn food gently to mix it
62
3.0
To quickly make food with little effort
39
1.8
To add something to food and stir so it becomes part of the food
34
3.3
Mix together so things join and are hard to tell apart
22
3.5
Make something quickly without much care or planning
7
6.3
Make food or drink by mixing different ingredients
5
7.4
To mix different things into one
3
6.0
Make something quickly without caring about details
3
3.3
Mix one ingredient into others until the mixture is smooth
1
4.9
Make something quickly that will not last long
To make something quickly and without care using what you have
Make something quickly and carelessly using what you have
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'mix ingredients quickly and casually' is directly derivable from 'toss' (to lift/turn or throw lightly, often used for mixing) combined with 'together' (into one group). This composition follows a transparent, literal cooking-action pattern that a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer.
Etymology
Toss together comes from the picture of quickly throwing food into a bowl and giving it a few light flips, with the parts toss meaning 'to throw' and together meaning 'into one'. So, it means 'to mix ingredients quickly and casually'.