overthrew

Meaning of overthrew

verb
  1. To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
    I hate the current government, but not enough to want to overthrow them.
  2. To throw down to the ground, to overturn.
verb
  1. To throw (something) so that it goes too far.
    He overthrew first base, for an error.

Information about overthrew

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of overthrew

over-threw

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • overthrew is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with overthrew

beshrew, hardishrew, shrew, unshrew, misthrew, outthrew, preoverthrew, threw, upthrew

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