throw out
verb
threw out; thrown out; throwing out; throws out
transitive verb
1
a
: to remove from a place, office, or employment usually in a sudden or unexpected manner
b
: to get rid of as worthless or unnecessary
2
: to give expression to : utter
threw out a remark … that utterly confounded him
Jean Stafford
Jean Stafford3
: to dismiss from acceptance or consideration : reject
the testimony was thrown out
4
: to make visible or manifest : display
the signal was thrown out for the … fleet to prepare for action Archibald Duncan
Archibald Duncan5
: to leave behind : outdistance
6
: to give forth from within : emit
7
a
: to send out
b
: to cause to project : extend
8
: confuse, disconcert
automobiles in line blocking the road … threw the whole schedule out F. D. Roosevelt
F. D. Roosevelt9
: to cause to stand out : make prominent
10
: to make a throw that enables a teammate to put out (a base runner)
Synonyms
- banish
- boot (out)
- bounce
- cast out
- chase
- dismiss
- drum (out)
- eject
- expel
- extrude
- kick out
- oust
- out
- rout
- run off
- turf (out) [chiefly British]
- turn out
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Example Sentences
the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?
Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
throwing out
verb
1
as in dismissing
to drive or force out the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dismissing
- outing
- ejecting
- casting out
- kicking out
- chasing
- banishing
- running off
- turning out
- turfing (out)
- giving one the gate
- booting (out)
- drumming (out)
- sending packing
- shutting out
- expelling
- reading out
- routing
- extruding
- removing
- evicting
- sacking
- firing
- ousting
- mustering out
- bouncing
- deforcing
- dispossessing
- exiling
- expatriating
- ostracizing
- deporting
- terminating
- retiring
- displacing
- releasing
- canning
- discharging
- pink-slipping
- axing
- cashiering
- defenestrating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- taking in
- receiving
- taking
- accepting
- admitting
- welcoming
- entertaining
- lodging
- sheltering
- harboring
- housing
2
as in dumping
to get rid of as useless or unwanted would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks? Synonyms & Similar Words
- dumping
- unloading
- discarding
- ditching
- throwing away
- disposing of
- losing
- laying by
- setting aside
- sluffing (off)
- casting (off)
- shucking (off)
- sloughing (off)
- flinging (off or away)
- abandoning
- scrapping
- shedding
- rejecting
- tossing
- removing
- kicking out
- jettisoning
- eighty-sixing
- exorcising
- chucking
- junking
- wiping out
- eliminating
- cashiering
- exorcizing
- dismissing
- deep-sixing
- 86ing
- pitching
- abolishing
- forsaking
- abdicating
- deserting
- stamping (out)
- eradicating
- rooting (out)
- expunging
- exterminating
- extirpating
- extinguishing
- annihilating
- liquidating
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- taking on
- adopting
- using
- embracing
- utilizing
- employing
- holding
- holding back
- keeping
- retaining
3
as in casting
to throw or give off the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke Synonyms & Similar Words
- casting
- radiating
- giving out
- releasing
- emitting
- sending (out)
- issuing
- emanating
- evolving
- eliminating
- exhaling
- shooting
- expelling
- pouring
- discharging
- irradiating
- venting
- expiring
- evacuating
- exuding
- oozing
- spraying
- secreting
- excreting
- erupting
- squirting
- outpouring
- ejecting
- gushing
- spurting
- spewing
- jetting
- spouting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- taking up
- sucking (up)
- soaking (up)
- absorbing
- inhaling
- sponging
4
as in refusing
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards Synonyms & Similar Words
- refusing
- rejecting
- throwing over
- turning down
- passing up
- declining
- ignoring
- passing
- turning one's back on
- balking (at)
- avoiding
- denying
- blowing off
- withdrawing
- spurning
- shooting down
- denying
- dismissing
- disputing
- vetoing
- deselecting
- disapproving
- taking back
- forbidding
- repudiating
- reprobating
- nixing
- negativing
- disputing
- backing off
- backing down
- scouting
- abstaining (from)
- prohibiting
- refraining (from)
- overruling
- disdaining
- unsaying
- rebuffing
- proscribing
- scorning
- retracting
- disagreeing (with)
- sticking
- renouncing
- forbearing
- revoking
- recalling
- contradicting
- disclaiming
- refuting
- disavowing
- gainsaying
- recanting
- abjuring
- bypassing
- controverting
- forswearing
- disproving
- rebutting
- detouring
- disowning
- negating
- backtracking
- foreswearing
- reneging
- disallowing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- agreeing (to)
- accepting
- approving
- receiving
- taking
- swallowing
- adopting
- tolerating
- embracing
- welcoming
- selecting
- agreeing
- choosing
- condoning
- consenting
- supporting
- countenancing
- assenting
- acceding
- acquiescing
- espousing
- handpicking
- desecrator
- desecrators
- deseed
- desegmentation
- desegregate
- desegregated
- desegregates
- desegregating
- desegregation
- desegregationists
- desegregations
- deselect
- deselected
- deselecting
- deselections
- deselects
- desemer
- desensitisation
- desensitisations
- desensitise
- desensitised
- desensitiser
- desensitisers
- desensitises
- desensitising