chuck out

British

verb

informal to eject forcibly (from); throw out (of)

he was chucked out of the lobby

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Example Sentences

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I figured out how many photos that was going to be and just had to chuck out about 100 photos.

From Los Angeles Times

Over and again his aides have chucked out trial balloons to an avid press corps – only to have each potential prime minister disavowed the following day.

From BBC

No, it’s not the same motion offense Knight popularized in the 1970s but May didn’t just chuck out a playbook and start over.

From Seattle Times

"Just last year we chucked out five illegal sawmills from our land," he says.

From BBC

But unlike their planetary siblings, these worlds get violently chucked out of their celestial neighborhoods.

From New York Times

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