throw out[verb]Synonyms: eject, boot (out), chase, chuck, dismiss, evict, extrude, kick out, out, discard, cashier, cast, jettison, junk, reject, scrap, shed, slough, throw away, say, bring out, chime in, come out (with), declare, deliver, state, tell, utter, confuse, addle, ball up, befuddle, bewilder, bumfuzzle, distract, fluster, mix up, throw off
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
throw somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb (
see also throw)
1. to get rid of something that you do not want or need:
We usually throw out all our old magazines.2. to make someone leave a place, school, or organization, especially because they have done something that is against the rules:
Nick got thrown out of college in the second year for taking drugs. I knew he would never throw us out on the street (=make us leave our home when we have nowhere else to live).3. if people throw out a plan or suggestion, they refuse to accept it:
The idea was thrown out by the committee. The bill was thrown out by the Senate.4. if something throws out smoke, heat, dust etc, it produces a lot of it and fills the air with it:
huge trucks throwing out noxious fumes from their exhausts [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
throw out v. 1. To put somewhere to be destroyed because not wanted.
He didn't need the brush anymore so he threw it out. Synonym: THROW AWAY
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2. To refuse to accept.
The inspector tossed out all the parts that didn't work. 3. To force to leave; dismiss.
When the employees complained too loudly, the owner threw them out. Synonym: KICK OUT, TURN OUT
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4. To cause to be out in baseball by throwing the ball.
The shortstop tossed the runner out. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲