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cast out

British  

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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


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And evolutionarily, that was really bad news, because we’d be cast out of the tribe.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

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

And here, each frame is a sumptuous feast of texture, light and color — like a swath of sweat-drenched tulle cast out onto the wind and into the fog.

From Salon Feb. 14, 2026

Partridge's latest misadventures see him searching for answers as he reintegrates into British life after a year spent working in Saudi Arabia, having been cast out by the BBC again.

From BBC Sep. 30, 2025

In Mormonism, the priesthood is God’s power to act on earth—to advise, to counsel, to heal the sick, and to cast out demons.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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