throw sth out
— phrasal verb with throw uk/θrəʊ/us/θroʊ/verb threw, thrown
(GET RID OF)
B1 see throw sth away/out
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Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- flay
- fling sth/sb out
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- junk
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw sth away/out
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- weed
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(NOT ACCEPT)
If people in authority throw out a plan, idea, case, etc. they refuse to accept or use it:
The case was thrown out by the courts due to lack of evidence.
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Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- blow
- bugger
- damned
- demur
- derecognize
- disclaim
- door
- override
- react against sth
- refusal
- shoot
- shun
- sit
- sit sth out
- throw
- veto
- vote sth down
- wash
- wild horses wouldn't drag me idiom
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