send for a toss
verb1
Idiomatic To use or invest on the off chance.
- He is going to Rennes and was sent for a toss, bred down from Kirkpatrick stock.1986, British Homing World - Volume 59, page 10:
- She was overpowering, stronger than me, not physically but in every other respect and I think that is what drew me close to her in the first place when each piece of my imagination was sent for a toss.2014, Sharad Singh, Love Stuck Dumb Struck:
1 more example
- The Notes of Chaos, Were sent for a Toss, By the Music of Blessed Violence, And Dharma finally granted the World, The Golden Gift of Silence!2016, Kaushik, “The Soprano”, in The Essence of Nonsense: A Comedy of Satire: