| VERB | possession | throw overboard, forfeit, give up, waive, forgo, forego | lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime |
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| contact | throw overboard, deep-six | throw from a boat |
| Meaning | Lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | forfeit, give up, waive, forgo, forego | |
| Narrower | lapse | Let slip |
| Broader | abandon | forsake, leave behind |
| Opposite | claim, lay claim, arrogate | demand as being one's due or property |
| Spanish | perder, prescindir, privarse, renunciar | |
| Catalan | abstenir-se, estar-se, passar-se, perdre, privar-se, renunciar | |
| Meaning | Throw from a boat. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | deep-six | |
| Broader | throw | Propel through the air |
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