Add
Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.
Throw in
Throw in verb - Add as an extra or as a gratuity.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Add both of these up and throw in a comment about Alphonse's rough childhood and you've got a very, very subtexty connection to The 400 Blows.
Source: Film / Day for Night - Now throw in his best friends (usually), a suicidal slut, and a Pyro Maniac, and add all the Comedic Sociopathy you can imagine.
Source: Crapsack World / Web Original -
Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2005 and Carbon: Same as before, but add German and Italian supercars, and just to top the whole thing off, throw in a police department with infinite funds and reserves.
Source: Wacky Racing
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