cast away
Definition
- Verb:
- To discard or throw away: To get rid of something, often because it is no longer wanted or needed.
- To abandon or leave behind: To forsake or leave someone or something in a place, often in a hopeless situation.
Usage and Examples
- Verb:
- He decided to cast away his old clothes. (He decided to throw away his old clothes.)
- The sailor was cast away on a deserted island. (The sailor was abandoned on a deserted island.)
Advanced Usage
- "To be cast away": To be in a state of being abandoned or marooned.
- After the shipwreck, they were cast away for weeks. (After the shipwreck, they were abandoned for weeks.)
Variants and Related Words
- Castaway (noun): A person who has been shipwrecked or stranded.
- The castaway survived by eating coconuts. (The shipwrecked person survived by eating coconuts.)
- Cast-off (adjective/noun): Discarded or thrown away; an item that has been discarded.
- She found a cast-off jacket in the donation bin. (She found a discarded jacket in the donation bin.)
Synonyms
- Discard: To get rid of something.
- Jettison: To throw or drop something from a moving vehicle or ship.
- Abandon: To leave completely and finally.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Cast aside: To reject or discard something, often an idea or feeling.
- She cast aside her doubts and applied for the job. (She rejected her doubts and applied for the job.)
- Cast out: To force someone to leave a place or group; to expel.
- He was cast out of the community for his beliefs. (He was expelled from the community for his beliefs.)
Related Idioms
- Cast your cares away: To deliberately stop worrying.
- On vacation, she tried to cast her cares away. (On vacation, she tried to stop worrying.)
- Cast pearls before swine: To offer something valuable to someone who does not appreciate it.
- Explaining philosophy to him is like casting pearls before swine. (Explaining philosophy to him is wasteful as he won't appreciate it.)
Verb
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throw or cast away
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Put away your worries
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