Apply
Throw
Throw verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.
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More generally, this tends to apply to quite a lot of older phones - you can throw them from the third floor and they'll be fine.
Source: Tonka Tough -
In "Superstar" Riley Finn tries to apply this trope when showing Buffy how to throw a ball through the mini-basketball hoop in his room.
Source: Hands-On Approach -
However, the fact that you can throw items at enemies to forcefully apply their effect to them means even the bad items have their uses.
Source: Poison Mushroom
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