Definition of throw out Throw out
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What does throw out mean?
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| throw out - throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" | ||
| discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, cast out, throw away, 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 out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country" | ||
| expel, kick out | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| turf out, boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turn out put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" | ||
| exile, expatriate, deport move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad | ||
| debar, suspend prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" | ||
| extradite, deport, deliver hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there" | ||
| banish, bar, relegate drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom" | ||
| blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun, ban, banish avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" | ||
| ban, banish prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" | ||
| throw out - remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" | ||
| oust, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel | ||
| remove remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | ||
| excommunicate exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" | ||
| depose, force out force to leave (an office) | ||
| throw out - cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!" | ||
| dismiss | ||
| throw out - bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument" | ||
| advance | ||
| advise, propose, suggest inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" | ||
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throw out
To force a person or persons to leave a place. -
throw out
To Oust or expel, especially people.
