toss out

verb tosses out · tossing out · tossed out

1. informal, transitive To throw away; to get rid of; to dispose of (something, especially food that has gone bad). My grandmother said being organized led to success, so I set out to turn our fridge into a liquid dieter's paradise. First was detoxing the kitchen. I tossed out everything that would lead to temptation, like the leftover candy from Halloween, as well as everything that was expired and rotten.

   Similar: toss, throw out, junk, 86, bin, can, cast aside, cast off, cast away, chuck, chuck away, chuck out

2. informal, transitive To remove or eject from a group; to kick out.
3. transitive To reject or refuse to consider as evidence. The judge tossed out her testimony when it came to light that she was getting paid as a contractor by the defendant.

   Opposite: allow, adduce