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cast out

British  

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) to quarrel; be no longer friends

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cast out Idioms  

  1. Forcibly drive out, expel, as in We have to cast out these old-fashioned ideas and methods. [Late 1200s]

Example Sentences

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TV makers may not go as far as Netflix has in scrapping Chromecast compatibility altogether, but they earn more from when people don’t just cast out whatever’s on their phone screens.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

News arrives that, back in Egypt, after a sarcophagus was cast out in a plane crash, Katie turned up inside the coffin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The definition of a goonie is just someone who is cast out by society because they’re different.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

Du Fu, Baruch Spinoza and Hannah Arendt were all cast out of their communities by authorities who imposed narrow definitions of acceptable thought.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025

I tucked the lunch bag up against the tree trunk, baited my hook,and cast out into the middle of the river.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

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