throw to the wind

• toss to the wind
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throw to the wind (third-person singular simple present throws to the wind, present participle throwing to the wind, simple past threw to the wind, past participle thrown to the wind)

1. (idiomatic) To discard or dispense with, especially in an abrupt or reckless manner.
   • 1967, "Under the Haberdashery By the City Gate," Time, 1 Dec.:

     Proud of their accomplishment, they recently threw secrecy to the wind, opened their basement display room to visitors.

   • 2002, Elizabeth Nunez, Discretion‎, →ISBN, page 274:

     There are men in the Bible whom God condemns for wasting their talent, for throwing it to the wind.

• throw caution to the wind