Idiom
throw a kiss
Meaning
To kiss one's hand, then make a gesture as if one was throwing the kiss in a direction towards the recipient.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She threw a kiss to her friend across the room.”
“As the train pulled away from the station, the young man threw a kiss to his family on the platform.”
“The actress stood on the balcony and threw a kiss to the cheering crowd before disappearing back into the theater.”
Examples
simple
“She threw a kiss to her friend across the room.”
contextual
“As the train pulled away from the station, the young man threw a kiss to his family on the platform.”
complex
“The actress stood on the balcony and threw a kiss to the cheering crowd before disappearing back into the theater.”
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