Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {To fling about}, to throw on all sides; to scatter.

   {To fling away}, to reject; to discard.

            Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
                                                  --Shak.
      

   {To fling down}.
      (a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as
          formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a
          challenge.

                This question so flung down before the guests, .
                . . Was handed over by consent of all To me who
                had not spoken.                   --Tennyson.
      (b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin.

   {To fling in}, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as,
      in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or
      a few days' work.

   {To fling off}, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey;
      also, to get rid of. --Addison.

   {To fling open}, to throw open; to open suddenly or with
      violence; as, to fling open a door.

   {To fling out}, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh
      manner; as, to fling out hard words against another.

   {To fling up}, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a
      design.