cast away
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cast away
verb casts away · casting away · cast away
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To discard.
She cast away her bridal dress along with other reminders of the marriage.
Similar: at discard
- To abandon or maroon. The mutineers cast away the ship's officers in the longboat.
- To eliminate by means of a cast operation. If you want to change a class member inside a const member function, the traditional approach is to cast away constness by saying (X*)this.
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Talk about this word "cast away." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cast%20away. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cast away. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cast%20away "cast away." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cast%20away.
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@misc{cast_away_2026,
title = {cast away},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cast%20away},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
