on the toss of a coin
Left to pure chance; based on a flippant metric.
noun
A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.
The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.
A haughty throwing up of the head.
Concern or consideration.
I don't give a toss about her.
A state of agitation; commotion.
This put us at the board into a Tosse.
"We are all in a toss, in our neighborhood," said Mistress Pottle.
verb
To throw with an initial upward direction.
Toss it over here!
To lift with a sudden or violent motion.
to toss the head
He tossed his arm aloft, and proudly told me, He would not stay.
To agitate; to make restless.
Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent.
To subject to trials; to harass.
Whom devils fly, thus is he tossed of men.
To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.
We should toss for it.
I'll toss you for it.