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slough (off)

verb

variants also sluff (off)
Definition of slough (off)next
as in to lose
to get rid of as useless or unwanted finally sloughed off the depression that had been weighing him down for months

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slough (off)
  1. lose
  2. reject
  3. dump
  4. toss
  5. eliminate
  6. throw away
  7. ditch
  8. discard
Verb
  • Success loses some of its shine when your private world is absorbing all the strain.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Apple had introduced the iPhone just two months earlier, and Brown concluded that his company had no future in smartphones, which were losing hundreds of millions of dollars a quarter.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of lose
Verb
  • The county urged the Supreme Court to reject the administration's appeal, while the state of Texas submitted its own brief defending the database.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Notably, one person, without explanation, rejected the invitation to testify, though their statement to law enforcement was also considered.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of reject
Verb
  • Rains could dump more than 2 feet across islands still recovering from a string of storms.
    — MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier Tuesday afternoon, the weather service said thunderstorms were already dumping heavy rain across the region, with more rain on the horizon.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of dump
Verb
  • Some reports claimed that they were tossed onto the road near the site of his former toll booth.
    — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • If using a can, toss it in the fridge for a few hours, or even the freezer for a bit.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of toss
Verb
  • But outside management does not inherently eliminate questions created by holding debt from specific local governments and projects, Marlowe said.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • County attorneys are also recommending the commission eliminate its Racial Equity Task Force, said Broward Commissioner Nan Rich.
    — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of eliminate
Verb
  • And then – just like that – a world that’s a stone’s throw away is gone.
    — Drew Paul, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The app’s office sits a stone’s throw away from the Liangzhu ruins, on the second floor of a gray building that used to be an elementary school in the village.
    — Afra Wang, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of throw away
Verb
  • Restaurateurs, especially small or family-run businesses, are ditching graphic designers and food photographers in favor of much cheaper AI agents.
    — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Costco ditches its Kirkland beer Pope Leo XIV, who grew up listening to popular American television preacher Archbishop Fulton Sheen, praised his fellow Illinois clergyman as an inspiration today on the eve of Sheen’s beatification.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of ditch
Verb
  • A number of items were voluntarily discarded due to contamination, including cling film, ovenable pan liners and baking cups.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Keep what users genuinely value, discard what solves an imaginary problem and rebuild only what deserves another experiment.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of discard
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“Slough (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slough%20%28off%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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