throw away
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Also, . Dispose of, discard, as in This coat is too good to throw away , or Did you throw out the rest of the milk? or She tossed out all his old letters . [First half of 1500s]
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Waste, fail to use, as in She's thrown away her inheritance on all kinds of foolish enterprises , or He's thrown away his chances for an engineering job . [Mid-1600s]
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Also, throw out . Utter or perform in an offhand, seemingly careless way, as in He threw away the news that their summer cottage had been broken into , or She threw out some suggestions for changing the bylaws . [First half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
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She’s packed her suitcase too, full of socks she’ll throw away by the end of tour, and a wardrobe almost entirely of black.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The harvester sweeps along, filling a large trailer with cider apples that Neil and his team have spent all year trying to grow, only to throw away.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
That’s a lot of money to throw away every month.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
And it makes the last of the pickle juice feel far too valuable to throw away.
From Salon ● May 28, 2026
It was only a good baseball throw away, but it looked like forever with darkness all around and wolves behind me.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
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