Usually means: Scatter or discuss something carelessly.
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  1. throw about: Merriam-Webster
  2. throw about: Collins English Dictionary
  3. throw about: Wiktionary
  4. throw about: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (throw about)

verb:  (obsolete, nautical) To change direction; to change from one tack to another.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see throw, about.

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