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toss up

vb (adverb)

1. to spin (a coin) in the air in order to decide between alternatives by guessing which side will fall uppermost

2. (Cookery) (tr) to prepare (food) quickly

n toss-up

1. an instance of tossing up a coin

2. Informal an even chance or risk; gamble

Translations

? toss up

vi → knobeln (for um)

vt sep → werfen; to toss something up (into the air) → etw hochwerfen, etw in die Luft werfen

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