To throw one's hat in (as "in the ring") is to:
1) to challenge or contend for something.
2) nominate someone or oneself for something. To volunteer.
A boxing metaphor that originated in the early 19th century when one who wished to challenge a boxer would throw his hat into the ring as a way of having your challenge noticed in a crowded ring.
1) to challenge or contend for something.
2) nominate someone or oneself for something. To volunteer.
A boxing metaphor that originated in the early 19th century when one who wished to challenge a boxer would throw his hat into the ring as a way of having your challenge noticed in a crowded ring.
In 1912 Theodore Roosevelt, who was an advid boxer, was the first presidential candidate to use "throw my hat in the ring" to announce his run at the U.S. presidency.
by Tenacious Faulker April 5, 2009
throw my hat over the wall, to commit to doing something,
to say you will do something and then do it without hesitation.
to say you will do something and then do it without hesitation.
JFK said we will go to the moon in 10 years, even though no one had started the space programe at that time but he had the stones to throw his hat over the wall.
JFK; lets go to the moon.
lyndon b johnson, thats not posible
JFK, screw it i'll throw my hat over the wall
JFK; lets go to the moon.
lyndon b johnson, thats not posible
JFK, screw it i'll throw my hat over the wall
by DARTH RICHIE June 3, 2010