throw out

VERB
  1. bring forward for consideration or acceptance
    advance an argument
  2. remove from a position or office
    The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
  3. throw or cast away
    Put away your worries
  4. cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
    This case is dismissed!
  5. force to leave or move out
    He was expelled from his native country
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How To Use throw out In A Sentence

  • Some throw out ideas like seeds and see which ones germinate. Times, Sunday Times
  • ‘Don't get your clothes dry-cleaned, eat organically, throw out the super-strength cleaners,’ she said.
  • He says it pains him to see workers at the store throw out unsold perishables like roasted chicken at the end of the night. Grocery Store Workers Go On Hunger Strike Over Stagnant Wages
  • Members of the next assembly, to be elected in February, could rewrite the rules, or throw out the supplementary pension plan entirely.
  • If I throw out a boathook from the boat and catch hold of the shore and pull, do I pull the shore to me, or do I pull myself to the shore?
  • Spain would be 'loco' to suddenly throw out tiki-taka. Times, Sunday Times
  • We had to throw out many things which had just gone mouldy in the damp but that has at least meant that we can get to any place within the garage without having to climb over anything.
  • The political vacuum could be filled as early as Wednesday but leaders are prepared for much longer discussions if the rank and file throw out their recommendations.
  • A scientist might wonder whether there was a mistake if a result seems to be the opposite of what he predicted, but he doesn't simply throw out the results; he checks his own assumptions, perhaps he retries the experiment, he studies the inputs and outputs, and then perhaps tries an additional measure. At First Glance: Bias in the Media, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
  • He was very excited and animated when he was brought to the new Keyspan Park in Brooklyn to throw out a first ball at the Mets minor league home of the Brooklyn Cyclones.
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