throw in one's lot with

English

Verb

throw in one's lot with (third-person singular simple present throws in one's lot with, present participle throwing in one's lot with, simple past threw in one's lot with, past participle thrown in one's lot with)

  1. Synonym of cast in one's lot with.
    • 1984 February 4, Joe Peacott, “Self-Reliance, Not Censorship”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 7:
      It is unfortunate that some feminists have again thrown in their lot with the puritans and busybodies. The recent activity in Minneapolis around the proposed anti-porn law has made people choose between freedom and censorship, with many supposed progressives opting for the censors.
    • 2007, Amadeo M. Rea, Wings in the Desert: A Folk Ornithology of the Northern Pimans, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 101:
      In many Latin American towns, the Black Vulture is urbicolous, throwing in its lot with humans, taking advantage of slaughterhouses, garbage dumps, and fishing docks.
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