throw someone a rope

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词形变化

throws someone a rope 三单 throwing someone a rope 现在分词 threw someone a rope 过去式 thrown someone a rope 过去式 thrown someone a rope 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To rescue someone by providing them with help, such as material aid, financial aid, a face-saving excuse, or a clue.

    习语

    Near-synonyms: save someone's life, save someone's skin, save someone's bacon, pull someone's bacon out of the fire, give someone a hand, lend a hand, bail someone out

    He's out there making a fool of himself. Someone should throw him a rope.

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: to rescue someone from drowning by tossing a rope for them to grab onto and be dragged to safety.

    He's out there fighting the riptide. We need to throw him a rope.