throw away
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throw away
Where it comes from
From throw + away. First attested in the late 14c.
verb throws away · throwing away · threw away · thrown away
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To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
He wanted to throw away the cup, but he couldn't find a trash can.
Similar: see at discard
- To waste, to squander. Voting for a third-party candidate sometimes feels like throwing your vote away.
- To intentionally throw an incomplete pass.
- To give lightly, in an offhand manner. As Gilly plays sitcom wife, reading aloud from a book while Sam tries to read his own across the table, she throws away a line about someone named Maynard once having annulled the marriage of someone named Prince Raggar and remarrying him in the same ceremony in Dorne.
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verb discard or dispose of
| Español | tirar, echar, desechar, botar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 버리다 beorida |
| 日本語 | 棄てる suteru, 捨てる suteru |
| 中文 | 棄置 /弃置 qìzhì, 扔, 扔掉 rēngdiào |
| Português | deitar fora, jogar fora |
| Français | rejeter, jeter |
| Deutsch | fortwerfen, wegwerfen |
| Italiano | buttare via |
| Română | arunca |
| Русский | выбра́сывать vybrásyvatʹ, вы́бросить výbrositʹ, выки́дывать vykídyvatʹ, вы́кинуть výkinutʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | vất, vứt, vứt bỏ, bỏ đi |
| العربية | طَرَحَ ṭaraḥa |
| עברית | הִשְׁלִיךְ hishlích |
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