# throw one's voice

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/throw-ones-voice
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

to make one’s voice appear to come from somewhere else

## Examples

- The performer can throw his voice to make the puppet talk.
- The magician surprised the audience when he managed to throw his voice across the room.
- By learning to throw his voice, the ventriloquist created the illusion that a distant, unseen character was speaking directly to the crowd.

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