Definition

1. Verb:
   • To discard: To get rid of something because it is no longer wanted, useful, or needed.
   • To abandon: To leave something or someone behind completely, often in a final way.
   • To cast aside: To reject or dismiss something, such as an idea, habit, or emotion.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Anh ấy vứt bỏ những bức thư cũ. (He discarded the old letters.)
  • Cô ấy quyết định vứt bỏ mọi lo lắng. (She decided to cast aside all her worries.)
  • Họ đã vứt bỏ truyền thống đó. (They abandoned that tradition.)

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe a decisive and often final act of rejection or disposal.
  • Vứt bỏ quá khứ là điều không dễ. (To abandon the past is not easy.)

Variants and Related Words

• Vứt (v): to throw away (can be less forceful or more casual than "vứt bỏ").

  • Đừng vứt rác trên sàn. (Don't throw trash on the floor.)

• Bỏ (v): to leave, to quit, to abandon.

  • Anh ta bỏ thành phố về quê. (He left the city for the countryside.)

Synonyms

• Discard: To get rid of something unwanted.
• Abandon: To leave completely and finally.
• Jettison: To throw or drop something from a moving object; to reject an idea or plan.
• Cast off: To get rid of or abandon.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Vứt bỏ đi: An emphatic form meaning "to throw it away/discard it."

  • Cái áo hỏng rồi, vứt bỏ đi. (The shirt is ruined, throw it away.)

• Vứt bỏ sau lưng: To leave something behind (figuratively).

  • Chúng ta nên vứt bỏ thù hận sau lưng. (We should leave hatred behind us.)