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Verb: throw out  ,throw'awt
  1. Force to leave or move out
    - expel, kick out [informal]
     
  2. Throw or cast away
    "throw out your worries";
    - discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
     
  3. Remove from a position or office
    - oust, drum out, boot out [informal], kick out [informal], expel, turf out [Brit, informal]
     
  4. Bring forward for consideration or acceptance
    "throw out an argument";
    - advance
     
  5. Cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
    - dismiss

Derived forms: thrown out, throwing out, throws out, threw out

Type of: advise, displace, get rid of, move, propose, remove, suggest

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