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throw
Verb
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When you throw an object, you make it fly through the air using your hands.
Jim can throw a ball over his house.
Jill throws with her left hand.
She threw the potato peels in the trash can.
My resume was thrown in the waste basket.
Jill said she was throwing Jim's love letters away.
over
Preposition
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Something is over when it has finished, usually referring to an event.
When the movie was over we left the movie theater.
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In a location above something.
He stepped over the dog.
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From one side to the other.
They went over the bridge.
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If you invite someone over, you invite them to your house.
They had him over for tea.
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A number divided by another.
Eight over two is four.
over
Noun
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An over in a cricket match is six balls bowled from one end.
The captain told me I would have to bowl the next over.
catch
Noun
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A catch is something that is caught, like the fish a fishermen catches.
My dad brought home a good catch of trout today.
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A catch is old time word for a song.
We sang a catch by Purcell.
catch
Verb
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When you catch something, you stop and hold it.
Can you catch a fish in your hands with no fish net?
They caught the bad guys and locked them up.