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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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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

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

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

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2025

In the Bible, Joseph is cast out by his brothers and sold into slavery and then rises to become the pharaoh’s right-hand man on the strength of his own brilliance and insight.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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