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单词 throw something out
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throw something out

1Discard something as unwanted: he’d thrown that rubbish out...
  • I need to throw some rubbish out, then I'm going to have a shower and go.
  • Other artworks were thrown out with the household rubbish.
  • It's really sweet actually but Mom wanted to throw it out because it brought back too many memories of her.
2(Of a court, legislature, or other body) dismiss or reject something brought before it: the charges were thrown out by the magistrate...
  • Four of five judges on the court voted to throw the case out, citing procedural errors in her trial.
  • In one of the most remarkably sensible judgments, the appeals court threw the case out on the basis that only those injured - in this case, the rats, mice and birds - can bring civil suit.
  • Are you surprised, Roger, that the federal court threw it out today?

Synonyms

reject, dismiss, turn down, say ‘no’ to, refuse, disallow, veto, squash
informal give the thumbs down to, give the red light to
3Put forward a suggestion tentatively: a suggestion that Dunne threw out caught many a reader’s fancy...
  • I asked around, some suggestions were thrown out, and we decided on this one.
4Cause numbers or calculations to become inaccurate: an undisclosed stock option throws out all your figures...
  • And the calculations could be thrown out if there was any significant change in the principles according to which judicial remuneration is set.
5Emit or radiate something: a big range fire that threw out heat like a furnace...
  • An old manhole cover picked up at a reclamation yard for £8 is propped up at the back to throw the heat out.

Synonyms

radiate, emit, give off, send out, diffuse, disseminate, disperse
6(Of a plant) rapidly develop a side shoot, bud, etc.
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