cast off
verb
Definition of cast off
transitive verb
1 : loose cast off a hunting dog
2 : unfasten cast off a boat
3 : to remove (a stitch) from a knitting needle in such a way as to prevent unraveling
intransitive verb
1 : to unfasten or untie a boat or a line
2 : to turn one's partner in a square dance and pass around the outside of the set and back
3 : to finish a knitted fabric by casting off all stitches
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Examples of cast off in a Sentence
once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk
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