throw aside
Frequency: 6.07.5 per million words
to discard or get rid of something carelessly
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Examples (10)
- He tends to throw his clothes aside when he gets home.
- She angrily threw the letter aside and refused to read it.
- They have thrown aside all the old traditions.
- He was throwing aside cushions, frantically looking for his keys.
- You can't just throw aside your responsibilities like that.
- We must throw aside our differences and work together.
- Throwing aside his caution, the hero charged into the burning building.
- The old principles were thrown aside in favor of new, more profitable ones.
- Don't just throw the book aside; put it back on the shelf.
- He threw aside the blanket and jumped out of bed.