Definition of throw away Throw away
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What does throw away mean?
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| throw away - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" | ||
| discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, cast away, put away | ||
| get rid of, remove dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" | ||
| unlearn discard something previously learnt, like an old habit | ||
| give it the deep six, deep-six throw from a boat | ||
| jettison throw as from an airplane | ||
| junk, trash, scrap dispose of (something useless or old); "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" | ||
| waste become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" | ||
| dump drop (stuff) in a heap or mass; "The truck dumped the garbage in the street" | ||
| retire cause to get out; "The pitcher retired three batters"; "the runner was put out at third base" | ||
| abandon stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" | ||
| sell up, liquidize, sell out give information that compromises others | ||
| de-access dispose of by selling; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines" | ||
| close out terminate; "We closed out our account" | ||
| throw away - get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" | ||
| shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, drop | ||
| take away, remove, withdraw, take take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables" | ||
| exuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring" | ||
| abscise remove or separate by abscission | ||
| exfoliate grow by producing or unfolding leaves; "plants exfoliate" | ||
| autotomise, autotomize cause a body part to undergo autotomy | ||
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