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Collocations for toss - noun

1. of the head

PREPOSITION

with a toss

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PHRASES

a toss of your/the head
‘Of course not!’ she said with a toss of her head.

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2. (the toss) (esp. BrE) of a coin

VERB + the toss

lose, win
England won the toss and chose to kick off.
call
The team captains called the toss.

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PREPOSITION

with a toss

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PHRASES

the toss of a coin
The order of play was decided by the toss of a coin.
The venue will be decided on the toss of a coin. (BrE)

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Collocations for toss - verb

1. throw sth carelessly

ADVERB

carelessly, casually
She picked up the package and casually tossed it into her bag.
unceremoniously
The bodies were unceremoniously tossed into mass graves.
around (often figurative), aside, away, back, out, over
It's an idea that gets tossed around from time to time.
She tossed back her blonde hair.
overboard (often figurative)
The improvements had to be tossed overboard because of lack of money.

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PREPOSITION

into, out of, to
He tossed the letter over to me.

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2. keep moving up and down/from side to side

ADVERB

restlessly
She tossed around restlessly all night with a high fever.
about (BrE), around
He was tossed around in his boat.

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PHRASES

toss and turn
He tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.

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3. cover food in a sauce

ADVERB

gently, lightly
well
together

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PREPOSITION

in
Toss the vegetables lightly in olive oil.

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Toss is used with these nouns as the object:
backpack, bag, ball, baseball, coin, football, grenade, hair, head, mane, pancake, pasta, salad, wrapper

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