- an act of throwing a coin in the air in order to decide something
- The final result was decided on/by the toss of a coin.
- to win/lose the toss (= to guess correctly/wrongly which side of a coin will face upwards when it lands on the ground after it has been thrown in the air)
Extra Examples- England won the toss and chose to kick off.
- The team captains called the toss (= guessed which way a coin would land).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + the toss- lose
- win
- call
- …
- with a toss
- the toss of a coin
- toss of your head an act of moving your head suddenly upwards, especially to show that you are annoyed or impatient
- She dismissed the question with a toss of her head.
Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition- with a toss
- a toss of your/the head
- an act of throwing something, especially in a competition or game
- a toss of 10 metres
of coin
of head
throw
Word Originearly 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
Idioms
See toss in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryargue the toss
- (British English, informal) to continue to disagree about a decision, especially when it is too late to change it or it is not very importantTopics Opinion and argumentc2
not give a toss (about somebody/something)
- (British English, slang) to not care at all about somebody/something
- Nobody gives a toss what you think!
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