cast aside

phrasal verb

cast aside; casting aside; casts aside
: to stop thinking about (something)
She tried to cast aside her worries and enjoy the party.
She cast all thoughts of making the trip aside.

Examples of cast aside in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For decades, American maestros had been cast aside in classical music, seen as inferior to Europeans. Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024 But football was cast aside after the wideout wrecked his knee. Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024 Sitting in the shade, the two men sliced the fruit open, casting aside the outer flesh and keeping the seeds with their mace covering. Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024 Additionally, the American household closed out 2023 on strong footing: Incomes and wages were up considerably from the year before, and consumers continued to spend heartily to keep the economy growing and casting aside recession fears. Bryan Mena, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024 Partly in reaction to this trend, philanthropies have begun to cast aside the old paternalistic way of working and more frequently let their grantees decide what to do with their money. Mark Malloch-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2024 But the union wants to make sure that musicians can use it as a tool, and are not cast aside in the process. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024 There were moments, as she’s described plenty of times, that felt like setbacks of no return for her career after being cast aside for the younger, whiter talents Fox has transparently tried to groom instead. Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024 In a video posted on Dec. 11 to celebrate Ohtani’s signing, Ashley cast aside her husband’s various No. 17 shirts on their front lawn, before Kelly himself appeared at the door. Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 25 Dec. 2023

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“Cast aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20aside. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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