THREW OUT Synonyms: 220 Similar and Opposite Words

threw out

verb

past tense of throw out

as in dismissed

to drive or force out the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref

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as in discarded

to get rid of as useless or unwanted would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?

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as in cast

to throw or give off the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke

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as in refused

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards

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Recent Examples of threw out Rickenbacker and Valencia followed with singles but Mater Dei threw out runners at third and second to dodge the threat. —

Dan Albano, Oc Register, 7 June 2026 Miguel Rojas threw out Madrigal at home on the hit to limit the damage. —

Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026 Outside of a 29-pitch second inning, Canning worked one-two-three innings in three of his five frames, got helped out of the fourth when Fermin threw out a would-be base-stealer and wound up throwing 51 of his 86 pitches for strikes. —

Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026 Garcia threw out Twins second baseman Luke Keaschall to end the scoring threat. —

Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026 In the Twins’ win over Kansas City on Friday, Martin threw out a pair of runners trying to score. —

Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026 Orlando Ribalta gave up a sacrifice fly to Nick Castellanos, but Miguel Andujar struck out looking and Ruiz threw out Song trying to steal to end the inning and keep it 3-2. —

ABC News, 31 May 2026 Last week, at the request of the Department of Justice, a federal appeals court threw out the convictions of four members of far right extremist group the Oath Keepers. —

CBS News, 31 May 2026 Republicans scored big when the Virginia Supreme Court threw out a voting new map approved by voters that would've netted congressional Democrats as many as four more seats. —

Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 16 May 2026

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The novel was initially ignored, and then—after Graham Greene called it one of the best books of the year—dismissed, and then banned, first in the UK and then in France.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Resuming on 55-5 and requiring 254 for an unlikely win, New Zealand lost its remaining five wickets inside the first two hours of play and was dismissed for 138.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 June 2026