Throw out - English meaning

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Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

Discard something as unwanted.

Usage examples:

I threw out all the old torn clothes

phrasal verb

(of a court, legislature, or other body) dismiss or reject something brought before it.

Usage examples:

The charges were thrown out by the magistrate

phrasal verb

Put forward a suggestion tentatively.

Usage examples:

A suggestion that dunne threw out caught many a reader's fancy

phrasal verb

Emit or radiate something.

Usage examples:

The big range fire threw out heat like a furnace

phrasal verb

Expel someone unceremoniously from a place, organization, or activity.

Usage examples:

His wife had thrown him out

phrasal verb

Cause numbers or calculations to become inaccurate.

Usage examples:

An undisclosed stock option throws out all your figures

phrasal verb

Confuse or distract someone from the matter in hand.

Usage examples:

Do keep quiet or you'll throw me out in my calculations

phrasal verb

Twist, strain, or dislocate a joint or other body part.

Usage examples:

He threw out his back at the gym

phrasal verb

(of a plant) rapidly develop a side shoot, bud, etc.

Usage examples:

The raspberries are already breaking into leaf and throwing out buds

phrasal verb

Put out an opponent by throwing the ball to the wicket or a base.

Usage examples:

Bill culled for the ball, and we threw brock out at the plate.

phrasal verb

To get rid of something by treating it as garbage

Usage examples:

Throw it out!, i threw out everything we didn’t eat., i threw him out of my house.

phrasal verb

If a court or other authority throws out a claim, decision, plan, etc., it refuses to accept it

Usage examples:

Throw out a case/lawsuit/charge the case was thrown out of court due to lack of evidence., throw ou…