Definition of throw a bone

throw a bone    

verb

• to help a person in a small way.

  I'm dying here, man! Throw me a bone.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to help.

  Last edited on Sep 05 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 05 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'to help':
do a solid	Definitions include: to do a solid (a favor).
go to bat for (one)	Definitions include: to work to help a person, cause, etc.
hook up	Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs.
get	Definitions include: to leave.
chip in	Definitions include: to contribute to a group cause.
have (one's) back	Definitions include: to look out for one's interests or well-being.
give a hand	Definitions include: to applaud.
take the grenade	Definitions include: to suffer a task or experience in order to shield other members of some group from the displeasure; "take one for the team".
bail out	Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail.

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Other terms relating to 'a':
a	Definitions include: amphetamine.
A-1	Definitions include: the best.
a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.	Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
a bit much	Definitions include: excessive.
a bit of how's your father	Definitions include: sexual activity.
a boat	Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat".
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a couple three	Definitions include: an unspecified small number.
act a fool	Definitions include: to play around.
a dime a dozen	Definitions include: very common.
a dog with two d*cks	Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate.
a dollar three eighty	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
a dollar three eightyfive	Definitions include: a non-specified price.
adopt a tree	Definitions include: to collide with a tree.
a face that only a mother could love	Definitions include: an ugly face.
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Other terms relating to 'bone':
bag of bones	Definitions include: an extremely skinny person.
bean and a bone	Definitions include: to eat food, to have a meal.
big-boned	Definitions include: euphemism for overweight.
bone	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
boned	Definitions include: screwed over or left out.
boned out	Definitions include: completely.
bone-head	Definitions include: someone who is dense, thick in the head, or just plain stupid.
boneless brown trout	Definitions include: feces.
bone orchard	Definitions include: a cemetery.
bone out	Definitions include: to leave quickly due to fear.
bone prone	Definitions include: having frequent sex.
bones	Definitions include: of a marijuana smoking device, empty.
bone sauce	Definitions include: semen.
bone up	Definitions include: to review prior studies.
bone up on	Definitions include: to review prior studies.
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Other terms relating to 'throw':
like throwing a hotdog down a hallway	Definitions include: sex with a person with a loose-fitting vagina.
throw	Definitions include: to intentionally lose a competition, usually for money.
throw a curveball	Definitions include: to give someone something unexpected.
throw against a wall and see if it sticks	Definitions include: to present an idea and test the reaction.
throw a hissy fit	Definitions include: to throw a tantrum.
throw a hotdog down a hallway	Definitions include: to fuck a woman with a loose vagina.
throw a spanner into the works	Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
throw a whiz	Definitions include: to urinate.
throw a wrench into the works	Definitions include: to introduce a complication.
throw bows	Definitions include: to "throw elbows", i.e. to fight.
throw dogs	Definitions include: to get in to a fight.
throw down	Definitions include: to fight.
throwed	Definitions include: to get really drunk, wasted.
throwed off	Definitions include: insane, eccentric, strange; "weird".
throw for a six	Definitions include: to be confusing to one.
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