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Synonyms of ditch
(Entry 1 of 2)
a long narrow channel dug in the earth
- after skidding on the ice, our car went right into the ditch
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ditch
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of ditch (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to end a usually intimate relationship with
- ditched his wife for a woman 30 years his junior
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2
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- we ditched the old table at the town dump
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- cashier,
- cast (off),
- chuck,
- deep-six,
- discard,
- 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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The first known use of ditch was before the 12th century
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