throw somebody/something ↔ together phrasal verb (see also throw)

1. to make something such as a meal quickly and not very carefully:
There’s lots of food in the fridge – I’m sure I can throw something together.

2. if a situation throws people together, it makes them meet and know each other:
It was the war that had thrown them together.

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throw something together
throw (something) together
to create something quickly without preparation.
We came home late and I just threw something together for us to eat.

It was one of those low-cost movies that studios often throw together.

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throw together
throw (someone) together
to bring people together in a manner that is not planned.
The refugees were thrown together in large camps.

We'd throw together people from different parts of our lives and have a great big party.

throw (something) together
to create something quickly without preparation.
We came home late and I just threw something together for us to eat.

It was one of those low-cost movies that studios often throw together.

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throw something together
• throw (something) together
to make something in a hurry and without care
We did not have much time last night so we threw together a quick meal and went to the football game.

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throw together
1. • throw (something) together
to make something in a hurry and without care
We did not have much time last night so we threw together a quick meal and went to the football game.

2. • throw together (people)
to group people together by chance
We were thrown together with a variety of people when the storm forced the train to stop for a day.

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throw together
v.
1. also slap together To make in a hurry and without care.
Bill and Bob threw together a cabin out of old lumber.
The party was planned suddenly, and Mary threw together a meal out of leftovers.
2. To put in with other people by chance.
The group of strangers was thrown together when the storm trapped them on the highway.
Bill and Tom became friends when they were thrown together in the same cabin at camp.

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throw someone together
throw (someone) together
to bring people together in a manner that is not planned.
The refugees were thrown together in large camps.

We'd throw together people from different parts of our lives and have a great big party.

throw (something) together
to create something quickly without preparation.
We came home late and I just threw something together for us to eat.

It was one of those low-cost movies that studios often throw together.

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