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past participle of throw out
Synonyms & Antonyms of thrown out
1
to drive or force out
- the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref
Synonyms for thrown out
- banished,
- booted (out),
- bounced,
- cast out,
- chased,
- dismissed,
- drummed (out),
- ejected,
- expelled,
- extruded,
- kicked out,
- ousted,
- outed,
- routed,
- run off,
- turfed (out)
- [chiefly British],
- turned out
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- given one the gate
- [slang],
- sent packing
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2
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?
Synonyms for thrown out
- cashiered,
- cast (off),
- chucked,
- deep-sixed,
- discarded,
- ditched,
- dumped,
- eighty-sixed
- (or 86'd),
- exorcised
- (also exorcized),
- flung (off or away),
- jettisoned,
- junked,
- laid by,
- lost,
- pitched,
- rejected,
- scrapped,
- shed,
- shucked (off),
- sloughed (off)
- also sluffed (off),
- thrown away,
- tossed,
- unloaded
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3
to throw or give off
- the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke
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4
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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