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Definition of throws someone a curveball
throw a curveball
verb - transitive
- to give someone something unexpected.
The new round of layoffs really threw me a curveball.
- See more words with the same meaning: to take advantage of, cheat, trick.
Last edited on Oct 09 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 09 2012.
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Other terms relating to 'to take advantage of, cheat, trick': | |
Definitions include: a command (usually given by objects) implying that one is about to be taken advantage of, be in a bad situation, or fail miserably. | |
Definitions include: to trick a person into doing something that like a good idea but will end in disaster. | |
Definitions include: derogatory command that means roughly "Go get fucked!" | |
Definitions include: a swindle, scam. | |
Definitions include: a mean person; "jerk"; "asshole". | |
Definitions include: to completely ("fat") take advantage ("dick"). | |
Definitions include: to lie to. | |
Definitions include: to take advantage of. | |
Definitions include: A juvenile who goes and does petty pranks and jokes in the neighborhood. | |
Definitions include: police. | |
Definitions include: to mistreat. | |
Definitions include: to deceive by underhanded methods. | |
Definitions include: to leave. | |
Definitions include: to exit a previous arrangement, change one's mind, change one's usual behavior, etc. | |
Definitions include: abbreviated form of "rookie". | |
Slang terms with the same root words
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Other terms relating to 'a': | |
Definitions include: amphetamine. | |
Definitions include: the best. | |
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
Definitions include: excessive. | |
Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat". | |
Definitions include: a little crazy | |
Definitions include: an unspecified small number. | |
Definitions include: to play around. | |
Definitions include: very common. | |
Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
Definitions include: to collide with a tree. | |
Definitions include: an ugly face. | |
Other terms relating to 'ball': | |
Definitions include: "amazing". | |
Definitions include: very. | |
Definitions include: shaved testicles. | |
Definitions include: to be successful. | |
Definitions include: significant other. | |
Definitions include: testicles. | |
Definitions include: a demanding superior. | |
Definitions include: pubic hair that is kept in a style that compares to a microphone head. | |
Definitions include: See ball; baller | |
Definitions include: to attempt to attract verbally; "hit on". | |
Definitions include: to leave. | |
Definitions include: an estimate. | |
Definitions include: a rough numerical estimate. | |
Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment. | |
Definitions include: the scrotum. | |
Other terms relating to 'curve': | |
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular. | |
Definitions include: to turn a person down for romance or sex. | |
Definitions include: something unexpected. | |
Definitions include: big hips; hour glass shape or cola bottle shape | |
Other terms relating to 'throw': | |
Definitions include: sex with a person with a loose-fitting vagina. | |
Definitions include: to intentionally lose a competition, usually for money. | |
Definitions include: to help a person in a small way. | |
Definitions include: to present an idea and test the reaction. | |
Definitions include: to throw a tantrum. | |
Definitions include: to fuck a woman with a loose vagina. | |
Definitions include: to introduce a complication. | |
Definitions include: to urinate. | |
Definitions include: to introduce a complication. | |
Definitions include: to "throw elbows", i.e. to fight. | |
Definitions include: to get in to a fight. | |
Definitions include: to fight. | |
Definitions include: to get really drunk, wasted. | |
Definitions include: insane, eccentric, strange; "weird". | |
Definitions include: to be confusing to one. | |
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