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Throwing

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The active, ongoing process of squandering a winning position through mistakes, whether accidental or deliberate, the verb-progressive form of throw.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"He's throwing the whole game right now, every decision is making it worse."

LORE & ORIGIN

Grew directly out of "throw" as its continuous verb form, used to describe the real-time unfolding of a team or player actively giving away an advantage as it happens.

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2005
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CURRENT STATUS
Legacy / Decaying Slang
Related To:Throw

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