throw the book at (English, verb)
expansion: throw the book at (third-person singular simple present throws the book at, present participle throwing the book at, simple past threw the book at, past participle thrown the book at)
Senses:
glosses: To charge with or convict of as many crimes as possible.
tags: idiomatic
informal
transitive
glosses: To apply the harshest possible punishment to.
tags: idiomatic
informal
transitive
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, the, book, at.
Forms:
form: throws the book at
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: throwing the book at
tags: participle
present
form: threw the book at
tags: past
form: thrown the book at
tags: participle
past