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disposing of
phrasepresent participle of dispose of
Synonyms & Antonyms of disposing of
1
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- She took an afternoon to declutter and dispose of unwanted belongings.
Synonyms for disposing of
- cashiering,
- casting (off),
- chucking,
- deep-sixing,
- discarding,
- ditching,
- dumping,
- eighty-sixing
- (or 86ing),
- exorcising
- (also exorcizing),
- flinging (off or away),
- jettisoning,
- junking,
- laying by,
- losing,
- pitching,
- rejecting,
- scrapping,
- shedding,
- shucking (off),
- sloughing (off)
- also sluffing (off),
- throwing away,
- throwing out,
- tossing,
- unloading
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2
to give over the legal possession or ownership of
- The foreclosure forced them to dispose of all assets.
Synonyms for disposing of
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3
to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of
- They disposed of the problem to the satisfaction of both sides.
Synonyms for disposing of
Words Related to disposing of
- blueprinting,
- calculating,
- charting,
- concerting,
- designing,
- drafting,
- framing,
- hammering out,
- intriguing,
- laying out,
- maneuvering,
- mapping (out),
- planning,
- programming
- (or programing),
- schematizing,
- scheming,
- shaping,
- squaring away,
- working out
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