cast aside
phrasal verb
cast aside; casting aside; casts aside
: to stop thinking about (something)
She tried to cast aside her worries and enjoy the party.
She cast all thoughts of making the trip aside.
Examples of cast aside in a Sentence
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All those possibilities were cast aside on the eve of signing day when UCLA offered him a spot as a walk-on.
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Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Someone who, having woken from Trump’s spell, would cast aside their fear and old grievances to send the political equivalent of the Rohirrim sweeping into the battle to save Middle-earth.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
But in 1988, writer-director Isao Takahata cast aside the feel-good formula and created this heart-wrenching tale of two siblings trying to survive in Japan as World War II draws to a close.
—Robert English, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
For decades, American maestros had been cast aside in classical music, seen as inferior to Europeans.
—Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
But football was cast aside after the wideout wrecked his knee.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
Sitting in the shade, the two men sliced the fruit open, casting aside the outer flesh and keeping the seeds with their mace covering.
—Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
Additionally, the American household closed out 2023 on strong footing: Incomes and wages were up considerably from the year before, and consumers continued to spend heartily to keep the economy growing and casting aside recession fears.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
Partly in reaction to this trend, philanthropies have begun to cast aside the old paternalistic way of working and more frequently let their grantees decide what to do with their money.
—Mark Malloch-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2024
Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
Someone who, having woken from Trump’s spell, would cast aside their fear and old grievances to send the political equivalent of the Rohirrim sweeping into the battle to save Middle-earth.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
But in 1988, writer-director Isao Takahata cast aside the feel-good formula and created this heart-wrenching tale of two siblings trying to survive in Japan as World War II draws to a close.
—Robert English, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
For decades, American maestros had been cast aside in classical music, seen as inferior to Europeans.
—Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
But football was cast aside after the wideout wrecked his knee.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
Sitting in the shade, the two men sliced the fruit open, casting aside the outer flesh and keeping the seeds with their mace covering.
—Muktita Suhartono Nyimas Laula, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
Additionally, the American household closed out 2023 on strong footing: Incomes and wages were up considerably from the year before, and consumers continued to spend heartily to keep the economy growing and casting aside recession fears.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
Partly in reaction to this trend, philanthropies have begun to cast aside the old paternalistic way of working and more frequently let their grantees decide what to do with their money.
—Mark Malloch-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2024
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“Cast aside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cast%20aside. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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