throw out
verbDefinition of throw out
1a : to remove from a place, office, or employment usually in a sudden or unexpected manner
b : to get rid of as worthless or unnecessary
2 : to give expression to : utter threw out a remark … that utterly confounded him —Jean Stafford
3 : to dismiss from acceptance or consideration : reject the testimony was thrown out
4 : to make visible or manifest : display the signal was thrown out for the … fleet to prepare for action —Archibald Duncan
5 : to leave behind : outdistance
6 : to give forth from within : emit
7a : to send out
b : to cause to project : extend
8 : confuse, disconcert automobiles in line blocking the road … threw the whole schedule out —F. D. Roosevelt
9 : to cause to stand out : make prominent
10 : to make a throw that enables a teammate to put out (a base runner)
: to discard or lose something useful or beneficial in the process of discarding or rejecting something unwanted
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Synonyms & Antonyms for throw out
Synonyms
balk (at), decline, disapprove, negative, nix, pass, pass up, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, spurn, throw over, turn down
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