Usually means: Act desperately seeking someone's attention.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word throw oneself at:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. throw oneself at, throw oneself at (someone): Merriam-Webster
  2. throw oneself at: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. throw oneself at: Collins English Dictionary
  4. throw oneself at: Wiktionary
  5. throw oneself at, throw oneself at (someone's head), throw oneself at (someone), throw oneself at (someones head): Dictionary.com
  6. throw oneself at: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. throw oneself at: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (throw oneself at)

verb:  (transitive) To make an embarrassingly desperate attempt to get the romantic attention of (a person).

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