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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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
Relatives and friends have been shocked at the allegations that these young men decided to throw away their promising lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
And that legacy is something you don't throw away lightly.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
There was no way Citra would ever, under any circumstances, throw away her life by becoming a taker of other people’s lives.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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