throw in your lot with someone

throw in your lot with someone
throw in/cast/your lot with someone phrase
to decide to support or work with a particular person or group of people

Once he had thrown in his lot with the rebels, there was no going back.

Thesaurus: to support an idea, plan or personsynonym
Main entry: lot

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • throw in (your) lot with (someone) — to join a person or group and accept that whatever happens to them will also happen to you. He s understandably reluctant to throw in his lot with a struggling young company who might not exist in a year s time …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast your lot with someone — throw in/cast/your lot with someone phrase to decide to support or work with a particular person or group of people Once he had thrown in his lot with the rebels, there was no going back. Thesaurus: to support an idea, plan or personsynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cast your lot with someone — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast lot with someone — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast your lot with something — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast your lot with — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast lot with something — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast lot with — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • throw — [[t]θro͟ʊ[/t]] ♦♦ throws, throwing, threw, thrown 1) VERB When you throw an object that you are holding, you move your hand or arm quickly and let go of the object, so that it moves through the air. [V n prep/adv] He spent hours throwing a tennis …   English dictionary

  • throw — throw1 [ θrou ] (past tense threw [ θru ] ; past participle thrown [ θroun ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 send object through air ▸ 2 put quickly & carelessly ▸ 3 move (someone/something) suddenly ▸ 4 be forced to go to place ▸ 5 look etc. in direction ▸ 6… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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