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Synonyms & Antonyms of cast (off)
(Entry 1 of 3)
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk
Synonyms for cast (off)
- cashier,
- chuck,
- deep-six,
- discard,
- ditch,
- dump,
- eighty-six
- (or 86),
- exorcise
- (also exorcize),
- fling (off or away),
- jettison,
- junk,
- lay by,
- lose,
- pitch,
- reject,
- scrap,
- shed,
- shuck (off),
- slough (off)
- also sluff (off),
- throw away,
- throw out,
- toss,
- unload
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castoff
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of castoff (Entry 2 of 3)
cast-off
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of cast-off (Entry 3 of 3)
as in discarded, junked
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The first known use of cast (off) was in 1575
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