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 • Sep. 9, 2025

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 • Nov. 2, 2023

"It's a consumer world we live in, a throw away history we seem to chuck out in our bins, but the history is actually among those very items," he says.

From BBC • May 26, 2022

With plenty of flat land and rich soil, the British could afford to chuck out their excreta, and so they did.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2021

First M. Do? oh, mind the bloomin' staircase, and chuck out them as don' beyave themselves.

From Voces Populi by Anstey, F.

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