throw about

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throw about

vb (tr, adverb)

1. to spend (one's money) in a reckless and flaunting manner

2. throw one's weight about informal to act in an authoritarian or aggressive manner

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I probably throw about 75, where I was throwing in the high 90's when I was playing.

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