throw back

verb4

1. •
   To drink quickly, especially alcoholic beverages.

   • We threw back drinks until the next morning.
2. •
   To retort.

   • She jumped to her feet and began stalking away. “Going to cost me fifteen dollars to clean this outfit,” she threw back over her shoulder. — 2011
3. •
   To revert to an earlier stage of development.

   • The Century A large proportion of the steerage passengers throw back to their Darwinian ancestry.
4. •
   To hinder the development of something.