| throw away | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out | throw or cast away.; "Put away your worries" |
| ~ unlearn | discard something previously learnt, like an old habit. |
| ~ deep-six, give it the deep six | toss out; get rid of.; "deep-six these old souvenirs!" |
| ~ jettison | throw away, of something encumbering. |
| ~ junk, scrap, trash | dispose of (something useless or old).; "trash these old chairs"; "junk an old car"; "scrap your old computer" |
| ~ waste | get rid of.; "We waste the dirty water by channeling it into the sewer" |
| ~ get rid of, remove | dispose of.; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" |
| ~ dump | throw away as refuse.; "No dumping in these woods!" |
| ~ retire | dispose of (something no longer useful or needed).; "She finally retired that old coat" |
| ~ abandon | forsake, leave behind.; "We abandoned the old car in the empty parking lot" |
| ~ liquidize, sell out, sell up | get rid of all one's merchandise. |
| ~ de-access | dispose of by selling.; "the museum sold off its collection of French impressionists to raise money"; "the publishing house sold off one of its popular magazines" |
| ~ close out | terminate by selling off or disposing of.; "He closed out his line of sports cars" |
| v. (contact) | 2. cast, cast off, drop, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off | get rid of.; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" |
| ~ exuviate, molt, moult, slough, shed | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.; "our dog sheds every Spring" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| ~ abscise | shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue. |
| ~ exfoliate | cast off in scales, laminae, or splinters. |
| ~ autotomise, autotomize | cause a body part to undergo autotomy. |
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