cast out

verb

cast out; casting out; casts out

transitive verb

: to drive out : expel

Examples of cast out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And yet, crucially, nearly every single time, he is told off, cast out, ignored, tsked, dumped, pitchforked, closed in on. Wesley Morris Ron Butler Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024 Smith reeled in a second time then sent a third cast out to where the fish was headed. Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 28 Feb. 2024 Across its 10 tracks, Stevens asks to be cast out, set on fire, and sacrificed. Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023 Here, the anglers that put on a catching clinic would cast out slightly upstream. David A. Rose, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024 Eight Republican senators and 139 House Republicans supported the objections for both Arizona and Pennsylvania after Congress returned later that night – below the threshold needed to cast out the electoral votes from both states. Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024 Capote was subsequently cast out of polite society. Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2024 But he was cast out from the New York high society in which he’d been comfortably ensconced as a reliably amusing character, companion and dinner guest for a couple of decades. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024 That would be Mike Pence, cast out of Trump world after refusing to disrupt the Electoral College count that put Biden in the White House in 2021. Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cast out was in the 14th century

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“Cast out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20out. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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