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CAST ASIDE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Throw or cast away
Example:
Put away your worries
Synonyms:
cast aside; cast away; cast out; chuck out; discard; dispose; fling; put away; throw away; throw out; toss; toss away; toss out
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "cast aside" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cast aside"):
unlearn (discard something previously learnt, like an old habit)
deep-six; give it the deep six (toss out; get rid of)
jettison (throw away, of something encumbering)
junk; scrap; trash (dispose of (something useless or old))
waste (get rid of)
dump (throw away as refuse)
retire (dispose of (something no longer useful or needed))
abandon (forsake, leave behind)
liquidize; sell out; sell up (sell or get rid of all one's merchandise)
de-access (dispose of by selling)
close out (terminate by selling off or disposing of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
