throw out
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Definition
- Verb:
- To discard or get rid of something as unwanted: To dispose of something, often by physically removing it from a place.
- To dismiss or reject an idea, proposal, or argument: To refuse to accept or consider something.
- To expel or force someone to leave a place or position: To remove someone from a group, organization, or building.
- To say something casually or without much thought: To utter a remark, suggestion, or number in an offhand manner.
Usage Examples
- Verb (Discard):
- We need to throw out these old magazines.
- He threw out the empty milk carton.
- Verb (Dismiss/Reject):
- The committee threw out the proposal due to its high cost.
- The judge threw out the case for lack of evidence.
- Verb (Expel):
- The noisy patron was thrown out of the bar.
- He was thrown out of the club for not following the rules.
- Verb (Say casually):
- She threw out a figure of $50,000 as a possible budget.
- He threw out an idea during the brainstorming session.
Advanced Usage
- "to throw out the baby with the bathwater": To discard something valuable while trying to get rid of something unwanted.
- By banning all social media, the school is throwing out the baby with the bathwater; it's a useful tool when used responsibly.
- "to throw out one's back": To injure the muscles in one's back, often by lifting something incorrectly.
- He threw out his back while moving the heavy furniture.
Variants and Related Words
- Throwaway (adj/n): Designed to be discarded after use; a disposable item. ()
- Outthrow (v): A less common verb meaning to throw farther or to outdo in throwing. (Rare in modern usage)
Synonyms
- Discard: To get rid of something no longer useful or desirable.
- Eject: To force or throw something out, often violently.
- Dismiss: To decide that something or someone is not important or worthy of consideration.
- Expel: To force someone to leave a place, especially a school or country.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Throw away: Very similar to 'throw out' in the sense of discarding. It can also mean to waste something. ()
- Throw off: To remove quickly; to confuse or escape from. ()
- Throw up: To vomit; to construct hastily. ()
Related Idioms
- Throw caution to the wind: To stop being careful and take a risk.
- She threw caution to the wind and invested her savings in the startup.
- Throw in the towel: To admit defeat; to give up.
- After years of struggling, he finally threw in the towel and closed the business.
Verb
- cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
- This case is dismissed!
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- advance an argument
- remove from a position or office
- The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
- throw or cast away
- Put away your worries
- force to leave or move out
- He was expelled from his native country