单词 | throw something away |
释义 | 1 (phrasal verb) Definition to get rid of or discard I never throw anything away. Synonyms discard Read the instructions before discarding the box. dump (informal) Ministers believed it was vital to dump the tax. get rid of reject Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript. scrap We should scrap nuclear and chemical weapons. axe (informal) Community projects are being axed by the government. bin (informal) ditch (slang) I decided to ditch the sofa bed. junk (informal) The socialists junked dogma when they came to office. chuck (informal) I chucked a whole lot of old magazines and papers. Don't just chuck your bottles away – recycle them. throw out dispose of dispense with jettison The government seems to have jettisoned the plan. cast off 2 (phrasal verb) Definition to fail to make good use of Failing to tackle the problem would be throwing away an opportunity. Synonyms waste We can't afford to waste money on another holiday. lose He stands to lose millions of pounds. blow (slang) My brother lent me some money and I went and blew the lot. squander He had squandered his chances to win. fritter away fail to make use of make poor use of Additional synonymsin the sense of axe Definition to dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure), or terminate (a project) Community projects are being axed by the government. Synonyms abandon, end, pull, eliminate, cancel, scrap, wind up, turn off (informal), relegate, cut back, terminate, dispense with, discontinue, pull the plug on in the sense of blow Definition to spend (money) freely My brother lent me some money and I went and blew the lot. Synonyms spend, waste, squander, consume, run through, use up, dissipate, fritter away in the sense of chuck I chucked a whole lot of old magazines and papers.Don't just chuck your bottles away – recycle them. Synonyms throw out, dump (informal), scrap, get rid of, bin (informal), ditch (slang), junk (informal), discard, dispose of, dispense with, jettisonNearby words of |
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