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
  • Manchester City won the title three consecutive times between 2021 and 2024 but have lost in the final to Chelsea and Aston Villa in the last two seasons.
    — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • While rights activists accuse Bukele's government of widespread abuses, the country is notably safer than many other countries whose people have recently lost TPS protections.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of lose
Verb
  • Metcalf credits his unusual durability with an unusual ability to reject himself.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In 2024, the court rejected an emergency request from Nicaragua to order Germany to halt military and other aid to Israel in Gaza, but the 16-judge panel declined to throw out the case altogether.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of reject
Verb
  • By the time Warners dumped it into theaters, however, too many bad feelings had accumulated between the executives and Ferrara for anyone to have much incentive to make the picture a success.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Auger-Aliassime was moving lethargically, not showing a lot of energy, dumping water on his head during changeovers to cool down.
    — Lukas Weese, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of dump
Verb
  • Your first interaction with half-and-half might have been those tiny cups that get tossed on the table at diners, fast food joints, and other less-than-fancy places.
    — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Arnold also appeared in the Futures Game, tossing a scoreless inning with one strikeout and one walk.
    — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of toss
Verb
  • Fitness testing eliminated NHL players were accustomed to returning from summer to a grueling set of tests from their teams.
    — Chris Johnston, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Bring up the unnecessary and wasteful government programs that should be eliminated.
    — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of eliminate
Verb
  • Employees beverages without lids were on prep tables; beverages were thrown away.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The slew of eateries at Pavilion Road are just a stone’s throw away, and the hotel is a short stroll from the design shops and boutiques of King’s Road and Sloane Street.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of throw away
Verb
  • My grandmother was from Mexican aristocracy, and her passion drove her to ditch her fiancé at the altar to marry my gringo grandad across the border.
    — Griffin Dunne, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The show’s designer, Nolan Miller, lobbied hard for Hack, whose casting offered him a chance to ditch Jackson’s turtleneck-and-jeans sensibility for high fashion.
    — Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of ditch
Verb
  • By then, however, the pastries could no longer be sold and had to be discarded, Pierre told the Sun Sentinel.
    — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Process signals locally, trigger an action and then discard the raw data.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 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 13 Sep. 2026.

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