toss back
phrasal verb
tossed back; tossing back; tosses back
informal
: to drink (something) quickly
He tossed back a shot of whiskey.
Examples of toss back in a Sentence
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Avoid rushing back to work Nothing can squash your vacation high quite like getting tossed back into an overflowing email inbox.
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Becca Stanek, theweek, 17 June 2024
Sticks of dynamite are tossed back and forth, Jerry uses a brassiere as a parachute, and the score offers an enjoyable mix of patriotic anthems.
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—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
For Fein, who directs the prologue in addition to working on the primary stage show, the hour and change spent at the Kit Kat Club isn’t just about tossing back a few cocktails.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Feliciano basically states that Carter wanted to talk trash, but couldn't take it when the same energy was tossed back at him.
—Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
Herring is a version in miniature of his stage persona, head tossed back, that otherworldly voice slipping out.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
When the assailants began throwing grenades into the shelter, Mr. Shapira, the off-duty soldier, tossed back at least eight stun grenades and live grenades, with some help, according to survivors.
—Isabel Kershner Amit Elkayam, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
Moments later Richardson, 28, struts in with a new look, tossing back her golden-brown locks and tilting her head this way and that, considering her image in an oversize wooden mirror.
—Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
Demand for shark fins has led to overfishing and cruel fishing practices, where sharks are tossed back into the ocean and die, according to Oceana.
—Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
Becca Stanek, theweek, 17 June 2024
Sticks of dynamite are tossed back and forth, Jerry uses a brassiere as a parachute, and the score offers an enjoyable mix of patriotic anthems.
68.
—Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
For Fein, who directs the prologue in addition to working on the primary stage show, the hour and change spent at the Kit Kat Club isn’t just about tossing back a few cocktails.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Feliciano basically states that Carter wanted to talk trash, but couldn't take it when the same energy was tossed back at him.
—Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2024
Herring is a version in miniature of his stage persona, head tossed back, that otherworldly voice slipping out.
—Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
When the assailants began throwing grenades into the shelter, Mr. Shapira, the off-duty soldier, tossed back at least eight stun grenades and live grenades, with some help, according to survivors.
—Isabel Kershner Amit Elkayam, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
Moments later Richardson, 28, struts in with a new look, tossing back her golden-brown locks and tilting her head this way and that, considering her image in an oversize wooden mirror.
—Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
Demand for shark fins has led to overfishing and cruel fishing practices, where sharks are tossed back into the ocean and die, according to Oceana.
—Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
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