to decide something on the toss of a coin

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• toss/flip a coin — to decide something by throwing a coin up in the air and seeing which side is shown after it lands Let s toss a coin. Heads, we don t go; tails, we do. • • • Main Entry: ↑coin …   Useful english dictionary

• toss — [[t]tɒ̱s, AM tɔ͟ːs[/t]] tosses, tossing, tossed 1) VERB If you toss something somewhere, you throw it there lightly, often in a rather careless way. [V n prep/adv] He screwed the paper into a ball and tossed it into the fire... [V n prep/adv] He… …   English dictionary

• toss — [c]/tɒs / (say tos) verb (tossed or, Poetic, tost, tossing) –verb (t) 1. to throw, pitch, or fling, especially to throw lightly or carelessly: to toss a piece of paper into the wastepaper basket. 2. to throw or send (a ball, etc.) from one to… …  

• toss — 1 verb 1 THROW (T) to throw something, especially something light, with a quick gentle movement of your hand: toss sth into/down/out of etc: Toss that book over here, will you? | toss sth to sb: “Catch!” said Sandra, tossing her bag to him. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• toss — toss1 [tɔs US to:s] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) [T] to throw something, especially something light, with a quick gentle movement of your hand toss sth into/onto etc sth ▪ She crumpled the letter and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• toss — tosser, n. tossingly, adv. /taws, tos/, v., tossed or (Literary) tost; tossing; n. v.t. 1. to throw, pitch, or fling, esp. to throw lightly or carelessly: to toss a piece of paper into the wastebasket. 2. to throw or send from one to another, as… …   Universalium

• toss — [[t]tɔs, tɒs[/t]] v. t. 1) to throw, pitch, or fling, esp. to throw lightly or carelessly 2) to throw or send from one to another, as in play: to toss a ball[/ex] 3) to pitch with irregular or careless motions; jerk about 4) to agitate, disturb,… …   From formal English to slang

• toss-up — /ˈtɒs ʌp / (say tos up) noun 1. the tossing up of a coin or the like to decide something by the side on which it falls. 2. Colloquial an even chance: *It was a toss up which would win, the host of friends or the host of white ants. –kylie tennant …  

• toss-up — n 1.) it s a toss up spoken used when you do not know which of two things will happen, or which of two things to choose ▪ I don t know who ll get the job it s a toss up between Carl and Steve. 2.) [C usually singular] BrE an act of tossing a coin …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• toss|up — toss up or toss|up «TS UHP, TOS », noun. 1. the act of tossing a coin to decide something. 2. Informal. an even chance: »It s a toss up whether or not he ll accept …   Useful english dictionary

• toss-up — noun an unpredictable phenomenon it s a toss up whether he will win or lose • Syn: ↑tossup, ↑even chance • Hypernyms: ↑luck, ↑fortune, ↑chance, ↑hazard * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ …   Useful english dictionary