throw in one's lot with

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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.
    • 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.