English > throw away: 2 senses > verb 1, possessionMeaning | throw or cast away. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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Synonyms | discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, cast away, put away |
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Narrower | abandon | forsake, leave behind |
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close out | terminate by selling off or disposing of |
de-access | dispose of by selling |
deep-six, give it the deep six | toss out |
dump | throw away as refuse |
jettison | throw away, of something encumbering |
retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) |
sell out, sell up, liquidize | Get rid of all one's merchandise |
trash, junk, scrap | dispose of (something useless or old) |
unlearn | discard something previously learnt, like an old habit |
waste | Get rid of |
Broader | get rid of, remove | dispose of |
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Spanish | arrojar, botar, descartar, desechar, deshacerse, echar, expulsar, naufragar, olvidar, tirar |
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Catalan | apartar, descartar, expel·lir, expulsar, gitar, llençar |
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English > throw away: 2 senses > verb 2, contactMeaning | Get rid of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Synonyms | shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, drop |
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Narrower | abscise | shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue |
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autotomize, autotomise | Cause a body part to undergo autotomy |
exfoliate | cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters |
shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
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Spanish | arrojar, dejar caer, despojarse, librarse de, mudar, quitarse de encima, quitarse, sacudirse algo, tirar, vaciar |
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Catalan | desfer-se de, mudar de, treure's |
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