lob

lob (something) at

1. To hurl or toss something at someone or something, especially in a long, high arc. He started lobbing snowballs at the kids across the street. Stop lobbing dirt at our neighbors' house!
2. To attack, question, or criticize someone verbally. The reporter started lobbing questions at the CEO about his alleged ties to organized crime. A heckler in the audience kept lobbing insults at the comic for most of his routine.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lob something at someone or something

to throw or toss something at someone or something. Who lobbed this thing at me? They lobbed a stone at the cat, but that only made it mad.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • a fast talker
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • (have) got something going (with someone)
  • a horse of another
  • a horse of another color
  • a horse of another colour
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • accompanied by
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Cathal McGloin, vice president, Mobile Platforms, Red Hat said, "The new mobile survey shows that there is a mutual understanding from both LOB and IT executives that mobile app development will take on more of a business-led approach in the near future.
Coming soon- business-led mobile app development
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LoBs are increasingly controlling deployment of collaborative technologies: Study
A checklist of all of the information applicants are required to provide with a request for discretionary LOB relief is included in Section 3 of the Appendix of Rev.
Revised procedures for obtaining assistance from U.S. competent authority, including discretionary relief
Lob 6 proved to be most effective, followed by Lob 7, Lob 2 and Lob 5.
Pharmacological insight into the anti-inflammatory activity of sesquiterpene lactones from Neurolaena lobata (L.) R.Br. ex Cass
With respect to the Draft's recommended version of the LOB Provision, TEI has the following comments.
TEI comments on OECD BEPS action 6: prevent treaty abuse
Galabankies midfielder Bryan Gilfillan tried to lob keeper Stephen Grindlay with a cheeky effort from 35 yards five minutes before the break but the Sons No.1 was alert to palm over.
SONS AND NO SLAUGHTERS
She and her Grandfather Will are special people who are aware of Lob in the garden.
Newbery, Linda: Lob
The mean DMB of the subjects who started the balance transfer from the right foot was 16.01 and the mean LOB was 13.99.
Statistical analysis of balance and anthropometric variables of male basketball players, ages 9-11
Temporal lob epilepsisi olan hastalarda psikiyatrik bozukluklarin yaygin oldugu ve yasam kalitesini en az nobetler kadar olumsuz etkiledigi bilinmektedir.
A case presenting with obsessive compulsive disorder following temporal lobectomy/Temporal lobektomi sonrasi obsesif kompulsif bozukluk gelisen bir olgu
Well, the GEB and Luna's Online Board (LOB), which previously worked with NewMoon.com, have combined forces!
The GEB goes virtual!
The Human Resources Line of Business (HR LOB) initiative, under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) direction and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) management, aims to increase operational efficiencies and cost savings governmentwide by transitioning outdated and decentralized federal agency human resources information technology systems to pre-qualified public sector or commercial shared service center providers.
Briefing on Observations on the Office of Management and Budget's Report on the Human Resources Line of Business Initiative
Last season's top goalscorer scored his first in the 50th minute with a shot from the edge of the area, before he completed the turnaround five minutes later with a delicate lob from 20 yards.
BARNET 1 CHESTERFIELD 3
As for your wedges, I would suggest club golfers always have a pitching wedge (48 degrees of loft), a sand wedge (56 degrees) and a lob wedge (60 degrees) in their bag.
Golf: Land like a butterfly with sore feet; Dr John's Golf Clinic