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
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
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
throws out
verb
1
as in outs
to drive or force out the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- outs
- ejects
- casts out
- dismisses
- kicks out
- chases
- turns out
- banishes
- runs off
- expels
- sends packing
- shuts out
- sacks
- gives one the gate
- removes
- evicts
- extrudes
- reads out
- routs
- turfs (out)
- boots (out)
- drums (out)
- fires
- bounces
- ousts
- exiles
- dispossesses
- expatriates
- deforces
- ostracizes
- axes
- defenestrates
- releases
- cans
- terminates
- retires
- deports
- musters out
- displaces
- discharges
- cashiers
- pink-slips
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- takes in
- receives
- takes
- accepts
- admits
- welcomes
- shelters
- houses
- harbors
- lodges
- entertains
2
as in dumps
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
- dumps
- ditches
- discards
- unloads
- throws away
- loses
- disposes of
- lays by
- scraps
- sets aside
- sheds
- abandons
- tosses
- exorcizes
- rejects
- sluffs (off)
- removes
- casts (off)
- chucks
- exorcises
- sloughs (off)
- junks
- jettisons
- kicks out
- 86es
- cashiers
- flings (off or away)
- eliminates
- shucks (off)
- deep-sixes
- eighty-sixes
- wipes out
- dismisses
- pitches
- deserts
- abdicates
- abolishes
- forsakes
- eradicates
- extirpates
- exterminates
- expunges
- annihilates
- extinguishes
- liquidates
- stamps (out)
- roots (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- takes on
- uses
- adopts
- embraces
- utilizes
- employs
- holds
- keeps
- retains
- holds back
3
as in casts
to throw or give off the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke Synonyms & Similar Words
- casts
- radiates
- releases
- gives out
- emits
- sends (out)
- emanates
- issues
- evolves
- expels
- eliminates
- exhales
- shoots
- pours
- irradiates
- vents
- discharges
- expires
- exudes
- oozes
- excretes
- evacuates
- secretes
- erupts
- sprays
- squirts
- ejects
- spurts
- spews
- gushes
- jets
- spouts
- outpours
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- takes up
- absorbs
- sucks (up)
- soaks (up)
- inhales
- sponges
4
as in refuses
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
- refuses
- rejects
- declines
- throws over
- turns down
- passes
- ignores
- passes up
- denies
- avoids
- disputes
- withdraws
- spurns
- denies
- vetoes
- turns one's back on
- disapproves
- dismisses
- disputes
- deselects
- blows off
- repudiates
- nixes
- balks (at)
- reprobates
- forbids
- negatives
- shoots down
- scouts
- takes back
- rebuffs
- prohibits
- scorns
- overrules
- disdains
- retracts
- sticks
- proscribes
- recalls
- backs off
- renounces
- abstains (from)
- backs down
- refrains (from)
- gainsays
- disclaims
- revokes
- refutes
- forbears
- foreswears
- contradicts
- forswears
- disavows
- bypasses
- detours
- recants
- controverts
- disproves
- abjures
- rebuts
- negates
- disowns
- disagrees (with)
- unsays
- reneges
- disallows
- backtracks
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- agrees (to)
- accepts
- receives
- takes
- approves
- swallows
- adopts
- tolerates
- embraces
- welcomes
- condones
- consents
- chooses
- agrees
- selects
- supports
- acquiesces
- countenances
- assents
- espouses
- accedes
- handpicks