English Reference

Idiom

throw one's hat over the fence

Meaning

To commit fully.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“I threw my hat over the fence and signed the contract.”

“She was nervous about moving to a new city, but she threw her hat over the fence and booked her flight.”

“By publicly announcing his candidacy before the party had even finalized its platform, he effectively threw his hat over the fence and left no room for retreat.”

Examples

simple

“I threw my hat over the fence and signed the contract.”

contextual

“She was nervous about moving to a new city, but she threw her hat over the fence and booked her flight.”

complex

“By publicly announcing his candidacy before the party had even finalized its platform, he effectively threw his hat over the fence and left no room for retreat.”

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